![]() ![]() They lied about her age, snuck off and got married so she could not testify against her husband. Kelly’s handlers saw visions of their cash cow and his protege’s career going down in flames. All hell broke loose, two months later when she missed her period. Aaliyah’s family basically turned her over to Kels with no supervision. “Rob was sneaking and banging a underage Aaliyah, during and after recording sessions. Some have claimed that it was the pregnancy that caused the two to get married.īut another source told Diary of a Hollywood Street Kingthat the marriage was a cover up something else, an STD to be specific. According to Demetrius Smith Sr., a former member of R Kelly’s entourage, in his 2011 book The Man Behind the Man: Looking From the Inside Out, R Kelly told him, “in a voice that sounded as if he wanted to burst into tears” that he thought Aaliyah was pregnant. That same year there would also be rumors that she was pregnant with his baby. R Kelly corrected her, by saying “in the whole wide world.”Īlso that year the album was released the two got married in an illegal ceremony where Aaliyah, who was 15 at the time, lied about her age to meet the minimum requirement. It was in the promotion of this album that the two, in matching outfits, appeared on BET’s “Video Soul Gold” where they had to address the nature of their relationship.Īaliyah said the two were very close, that he was her best friend. R Kelly is literally lurking in the background like the predator we would eventually know him to be. I know you see what I see on this album cover. Not only did Kelly produce and mix the album, he also provided background vocals and wrote every single song, with the exception of “At Your Best (You Are Love),” which was written by the Isley Brothers and Chris Jasper. Released in 1994, the album was produced in large part Robert Kelly. The song experienced even greater success on the UK's Dance and R&B charts peaking within the top 20 at number 19 and 6 respectively.It was the cover for Aaliyah’s debut album Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number. Internationally the song performed moderately well peaking within the top 40 of the UK Official chart at number 32. On the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart the song fared better peaking within the top 40 at number 5 on the week ending on December 24, 1994. The song became Aaliyah's first single not to top the charts with her first two singles peaking within the top 10. Commercially the song performed poorly on the US Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number 75 on the chart. Blackground and Jive released "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number" as the third single (and final single in the United States) from the album on December 6, 1994. Critically the song was panned by many critics because of the songs controversial message about dating someone older. Containing a lyrical interpolation from the song "What You Won't Do For Love by Bobby Caldwell the "soulful" ballad opens with a guitar-piano interplay, with Aaliyah's spoken voice noting her daily diary entry. Kelly and lyrically the song is about a young girl wanting to date an older man. "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number" is a song by American singer Aaliyah from her debut studio album of the same name (1994).
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