Alright, it's time to talk about Aaliyah Dana Haughton...

[Mister Obvious]

Holy shit...

"Sorry Aaliyah/ I'm sorry it was you in the plane crash/ It should've been Jay... Dame Dash."

https://www.nme.com/news/music/nas-jay-z...sh-2468980

Photos from a Fourth of July party in 2000 (taken about two years before Jay-Z moved on to now wife Beyonce) show Aaliyah and Jay-Z getting cozy

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...death.html

It’s been six years since Timbaland muse/former R. Kelly spouse Aaliyah died in a plane crash, and apparently that mourning period is enough time for Beyonce to look into covering her songs.

https://www.idolator.com/323303/outraged...op-beyonce

In "Apathy," she starts things off with a mock eulogy for her marriage ("Ashes to ashes, dust to side chicks"), before dropping a cryptic clue about the identity of the other woman: "He better call Becky with the good hair."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/beyonces-l...damon-dash

Aaliyah always had the silky, black hair and Beyonce was jealous of that look just like in that video clip with the woman leaning in to talk to Jay-Z, it was the first thing I noticed about her...

https://youtu.be/ha6cG_HgElU

I never knew about any of this before right now. I just woke up this morning with Beyonce in my head re: Aaliyah and that's pretty damn weird.