2021 marks the 20th anniversary of the singer Aaliyah's passing.  On her birthday (January 16), she would have been 42.  So we're celebrating her and all our fave singers from the 90s who blessed us with their epic dancing and choreography. Their performances changed our childhood and our lives!     In this episode:  

• Aaliyah and why we admired her
• R. Kelly's role in making her a star
• Aaliyah's MTV Diary documentary
• Aaliyah's biopic on Lifetime (produced by Wendy Williams)
• Scarcity of Aaliyah's catalog on streaming platforms
• Brandy, Monica, Beyonce, Ciara, Janet, Paula, J Lo
• Choreographers that helped make them great (Fatima, Tina Landon and others)

    Notes:

• Daree's blog about dancing as a kid: https://dareesinsights.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/beauty-and-the-beat/
• The phrase "a woman that happens to be White" is attributed to Amanda Seales (Small Doses podcast)
• (Selma was the movie Daree mentioned at 18:45)
• Janet Jackson's epic 1987 Grammy Awards performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-TiXJP-ssI

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