Was Aaliyah pregnant?
Sensational claims that Aaliyah fell pregnant with R Kelly’s child when she was just 15 emerged in a 2011 book called The Man Behind The Man: Looking From The Inside Out, by Demetrius Smith Sr, a former member of Kelly’s team.
One excerpt from the book read: ‘”I think she’s pregnant” he said, in a voice that sounded as if he wanted to burst out in tears. “Oh man, Rob” was all I could say at the time. Derrel McDavid arranged for a car to pick Aaliyah up at O’Hare airport and she had a hotel room available on arrival. This was crazy! How were we going to get through this without causing ill feelings with Barry Hankerson.’
Incidentally, on Mother’s Day last year Timbaland apparently shared a Mother’s Day tribute to Aaliyah on Instagram, which has since been deleted by lead many fans to question if he knew something that wasn’t widely known.
Aaliyah’s influence on R Kelly
Kelly has always denied any inappropriate behaviour and told biographer William Sutherland how Aaliyah was ‘one of the best young artists’ he had ever worked with.
And in a GQ interview in 2012, he said of the late artist: ‘I heard first of all this soft voice, but very… a lot of charisma.
‘And I saw her as a star the minute I heard her sing and dance. Saw her dance. She wasn’t the greatest dancer, but the dance moves she was doing were different than the other dancers that I’ve seen on television.
‘And I said, “This girl’s gonna be a star, whether I work with her or not”.’
Source: metro.co.uk
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