Aaliyah Sang on Stage With Shirley Caesar

I am remembering the Christmas in Washington special! In December 1997, Aaliyah and gospel legend Shirley Caesar both performed at the televised holiday event held at the National Building Museum, singing in front of President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton.

At the grand finale of the show, Aaliyah, Shirley Caesar, and all the other guest artists took the stage together to perform "O Come, All Ye Faithful".

Some writers and media news people only remember the scandal and abuse stories about Aaliyah. But Aaliyah was more than that to me. Aaliyah was special, and I’m sure the people she began to sing on stage with knew.

Today, Pastor Shirley Caesar is singing and having conversation with children in her gospel song “We Love Our Children”(also titled "Pastor Shirley Caesar Talks to the Youth (We Love Our Children)"). It is a powerful spoken-word gospel song focusing on guiding the younger generation through societal pressures, crime, and spiritual struggles.

“America my heart is greed. I think about how our country has taken a turn for the worst. Crimes, drugs, ……”

 

 Shirley Caesar’s career began in 1951, when she signed to Federal Records at the age of 12. Throughout her seven decade career, Caesar has often been referred to as the "First Lady of Gospel Music" and "The Queen of Gospel Music"

Aaliyah Try Again Live on TRL 2000

 

 

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Aaliyah’s Try Again is a favorite song of mine. It is her performance on TRL 2000. Whenever she performed it, she looked as if she was having a ball. She looked pretty happy during the time of the song. It is the lead single for the soundtrack to her debut film, Romeo Must Die.

Aaliyah - I Don't Wanna Live on TRL (April 26, 2000)

 

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Sometimes I can’t say much. Aaliyah’s performance and talent speaks for itself. 

Lyrics: I don't wanna be Be without you, be without you I don't wanna live Live without you, live without you I don't wanna go Go without you,”

We don’t wanna be without her either. 

There May Be An Untrue Story about R Kelly

 A MAN SAID HE STOLE R KELLY’S TAPE FOR BARRY HANKERSON

There may be an untrue story about R Kelly. A man claims he stole R Kelly’s bag for Aaliyah’s Uncle Barry Hankerson. I stopped to listen on YouTube. Sometimes you can tell when people are lying. Whenever the man spoke, there were too many pauses, and it sounded as if he was thinking about how to make up the story, and fill in some gaps. It got to the point that I didn’t know what the man was even talking about. 

There was a stolen tape, but the man that stole it was not the person that stole it. Plus it had nothing to do with Barry Hankerson. The man that was telling his story did too much pausing and thinking.

 I don’t think Barry Hankerson was involved with R Kelly much in the 2000’s. The story always starts with Barry Hankerson introducing Aaliyah to R Kelly. When R Kelly was arrested in 2019, it was written in an article that R Kelly was afraid to tell Barry Hankerson that he had gotten Aaliyah pregnant. That was in the 90s.

Kelly knew Hankerson would propbably react with fury if he discovered he had been sleeping with his 15-year-old niece. If R Kelly was scared, maybe Barry Hankerson did care about Aaliyah.🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️ At least R Kelly thought so.

Gladys Knight and Husband Planning to Renovate NC School

 Aaliyah’s Auntie, Gladys Knight & husband Billy McDowell visited Canton, NC planning to Renovate NC School is old news. I find it interesting because it’s NC. I didn’t think Gladys Knight knew anything about NC singing about Midnight Train to Georgia lol.

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I found some inspirational words tonight from Ingarose: Celebrate Me.

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R Kelly’s Daughter

 

I don’t have many words about R Kelly’s daughter Buku Abi (Joann Kelly). In the 2024 documentary, R. Kelly’s Karma: A Daughter’s Journey, it is said she mentioned abuse from her father. I was hoping it wasn’t true when I first heard about it. I thought maybe it wasn’t true. I thought it was just a rumor or another tabloid story. I never saw the R. Kelly Karma documentary. 

I listen carefully to what Damon Dash has got to say whenever he talks about Aaliyah & R Kelly. I don’t think Damon lied when he said Aaliyah tried to talk and she couldn’t. When someone does something real bad to a person, it probably is hard to talk about it. It might have been real hard for Joann Kelly. R Kelly is her father.