Aaliyah Estate Says Her Music Is Coming To Streaming 'In Near Future'

Tuesday (August 25) marked the 19-year anniversary of Aaliyah's plane crash in 2001, which took the life of the R&B icon. She was 22. To commemorate the date, the Aaliyah estate took to Twitter to reveal that her music is indeed coming to streaming services "in the near future."

"To our loyal fans: We are excited to announce that communication has commenced between the estate and various record labels about the status of Aaliyah’s music catalogue, as well as its availability on streaming platforms in the near future," a message from the official Twitter account for the fallen singer read.

Aaliyah recorded three albums between 1994 and 2001: Ain't Ain't Nothin' But A Number, One in a Million and her self-titled effort. Yet, only her debut LP and a handful of singles can be found on streaming platforms. Her catalogue has been under lock and key, courtesy of Barry Hankerson, her uncle and the founder of Blackground Records. Back in 2019, a message from Hankerson went viral on a Twitter account seemingly belonging to the former industry honcho. The message teased that Aaliyah's music would be made available for streaming on her birthday (January 16, 2020), but the account turned out to be fake.

Superfan Drake was rumored to be in talks with her estate to release a project of reworked and unreleased Aaliyah material, which would include "collaboration" between the two titled "Enough Said," but the project was scrapped in 2012 after her family refused to give him their blessing.

Photo: Blackground Records