Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In August 1999, four hip-hop legends—and friends—graced the pages of ELLE together. Missy Elliott, Aaliyah, Lil’ Kim, and Da Brat ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elliott says the ‘Turn my music up’ dialogue on the song was recorded by mistake but she decided to keep it for the final edit.

Aaliyah's story had barely begun before it was out of her hands. But on what would have been her 47th birthday Jan. 16 if she hadn't died in a plane crash at the age of 22, there's still so much to ...

Jimmy Jam can’t remember the executive’s name. But he definitely recalls the panic in his voice. It was 1998, and the veteran songwriter and producer was at work with his longtime creative partner, ...

This bonus DVD (part of the album Aaliyah Ultimate) runs for sixty minutes, and features The Aaliyah Story – a documentary compiled of promo clips, interviews, and special features, including MTV ...

Slim, sleek and cool with a curtain of hair sweeping over one eye, Aaliyah was known to her collaborators and fans as Babygirl. She was just 22 when she died in a plane crash 20 years ago this week.

“I wanted to tell the story in a way that showed Aaliyah was dynamic outside of anyone she had worked with, outside of anything that we chose to define her by,” writer Kathy Iandoli says. Baby Girl: ...

Missy Elliott is one of the most prolific writers producers, and artists of the past decade. More specifically, she’s lauded as one of two super producers who helped shape Aaliyah’s legendary sound.