The last time I saw Aaliyah
Was about a week or so before she died. We were at her listening party for her album in Atlanta.
At the time I was a professional radio personality and DJ and was #1 in my area so I had the honor of appearing in BRE magazine with her in a photo…just me and her. That was so cool.
We hit it off so well. I remember thinking that she was going to be a friend for life. It was one of those few times in life that you can truly say that you clicked with someone.
She told me that she was going to call me as soon as she was back in the states after the video shoot and that we would hand out when she got back to Atlanta after some promo stuff she had to do in Florida…as you all know she never made it to Florida.
I can tell you first hand – she was one of the nicest and most genuine people I have every met. She died the night before my birthday. I was hosting a live remote at the time when they called me about an hour after the plane went down.
I didnt know her long – but it hurt like we had known each other for years.
She was a great person and beautiful from the inside out – I am just grateful that I had the chance to get to know her a little bit before her life was stolen – and it is cool to know that she wanted to be friends with me. (:
