Hear Frank Ocean's Moving Cover of Aaliyah's 'At Your Best (You Are Love ...

Buzz By Ryan Middleton Jan 17, 2015 02:17 PM ESTFrank Ocean performs at Bonnaroo 2014 (Photo : Getty Images) On Jan. 16, treasured R&B/soul singer Aaliyahwould have turned 36, and to honor her life, Frank Ocean covered the One In A Millionsinger's rendition of "At Your Best (You Are Love)," an Isley Brotherstrack from 1976 that was covered by Aaliyah in 1994. Frank Ocean took to his active Tumblr account...

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Remembering Aaliyah on Her Birthday

Aaliyah (Sal Idriss/Redferns/Getty Images)When most of us are 14 years old, we're clumsily navigating the early years of high school. When R&B superstar Aaliyah was 14, she was recording her debut album the double-platinum Age Ain't Nothing but a Number while maintaining a perfect 4.0 grade-point average at the Detroit High School for the Fine and Performing Arts. It marked a fitting beginning...

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Twitter was not happy with Lifetime's Aaliyah biopic

Lifetime premiered their Aaliyah biopic, Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B,Saturday night and Twitter responded with disappointment.The film is based on Christopher John Farleys Aaliyah: More than a Woman,a biography ofthe singer who died in 2001 at age 22. Lifetimes project has been the subject of controversy since the beginning: Aaliyahs parents, vocal about their disapproval of the film, prevented Lifetime from...

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Shipp charts course for Lifetime's Aaliyah biopic

One in a million girls would give anything to play the iconic role of the late R&B singer Aaliyah and Alexandra Shipp was more than ready to grab the spotlight after Zendaya Coleman dropped out of Lifetimes biopic, Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B, airing at 8 p.m. Saturday.What people dont know is that I had 10 days between completing [the movie] Drumline 2 and getting into the character of Aaliyah, says Shipp,...

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