It has been 20 years since Aaliyah's tragic death. Since then, the princess of R&B has been immortalized in song by artists including Kendrick Lamar and Drake, on a street mural in the East Village of New York City and in the musical output and style of Alicia Keys, Ciara, Lorde and numerous other performers. With an instinct for seamlessly integrating R&B and hip-hop, Aaliyah was three albums into a career when she died in a plane crash leaving the Bahamian site of a music video shoot for “Rock the Boat” on Aug. 25, 2001. Aaliyah was only 22, and her legacy has been maintained by Missy Elliott and Timbaland – who co-wrote and produced most of the tracks on her 1996 sophomore album, “One in a Million” – as well as Gladys Knight, her aunt through marriage. Fans of the five-time Grammy nominee have also upheld a drumbeat of support for the singer, and last week one of their longtime pleas – for all of Aaliyah’s music to be released on streaming services – was realized with the arrival of “One in a Million” on digital platforms. Albums "ΛΛLIYΛH," and "I Care 4 U" will follow on Sept. 10 and Oct. 8, respectively. Born in Brooklyn, New York as Aaliyah Dana Haughton and raised in Detroit, Aaliyah stocked up five Top 10 hits on Billboard's Hot 100 along with a string of No. 1 songs on the pop and R&B charts. 📷: Robert Deutsch of USA TODAY, Wikimedia Commons, Michael Benabib, Evan Agostini, Robert Hanashiro of USA TODAY #Aaliyah #RememberingAaliyah #music #superstar