Twenty years ago, Aaliyah released her much-beloved, self-titled red album. And just weeks later, she  died tragically in a plane crash, leaving behind a profound legacy of music, style and rhythm that still resonates across the globe. We’ll talk with writer Imani Mixon about one of the places where this legacy began: Detroit. 

 

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Imani Mixon, Detroit-based, multimedia journalist and host of the podcast Subject Matters 

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