<p>At the top of January 16, <a href="/profile/MissyElliott" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Missy Elliott</a> didn&#8217;t skip a beat in wishing <a href="/profile/aaliyah" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Aaliyah</a> a Happy Birthday. Thursday marks what would have been the late singer&#8217;s 41st birthday and it&#8217;s still unbelievable to think that we&#8217;re soon approaching the 20-year anniversary of her tragic death. &#8220;<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/missy-elliott-pays-tribute-to-aaliyah-on-her-39th-birthday-news.42321.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">#HappyBDayAaliyah you are still inspiring people!</a>&#8221; Missy wrote on Twitter. &#8220;Your edgyness &amp; smooth dancing SO EFFORTLESS your UNIQUENESS &amp; STYLE unmatched 🔥MUSICALLY your songs will 4EVER be NEXT LEVEL! <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/missy-elliott-pays-tribute-to-aaliyah-on-17th-anniversary-of-her-death-news.58215.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">RIP babygal 4Ever Loved</a>🕊🙏🏾❤️.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Along with her message, Missy shared a video of Aaliyah working behind-the-scenes on one of her music videos. &#8220;I&#8217;ve always been someone who has had an affinity <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/21-savage-hilariously-grooves-to-old-school-aaliyah-jams-on-tour-bus-news.87578.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">towards edgy things, towards the dark side,</a>&#8221; the singer says in the clip. &#8220;From <em><a href="/profile/romeo" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Romeo</a></em> to <em>Queen of the Damned</em> to <em>The Matrix</em>, they all kinda represent that for me. It&#8217;s very edgy, it&#8217;s unique, and it&#8217;s a little bit dark, and I like that in my music as well. So, I felt in taking a step into another genre that<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/aaliyah-inspired-mac-cosmetics-collection-arrives-this-summer-news.46957.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> I wanted to do something that people could understand</a> the flow with me and they know me that way in music so I thought this was the best way.&#8221;</p>
<p>Meanwhile, back in November 2019, <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/aaliyahs-catalog-reportedly-coming-to-streaming-services-in-2020-news.97015.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">it was announced that Aaliyah&#8217;s full catalog would finally become available</a> on streaming services. There were rumors that fans would receive that as a gift on Aaliyah&#8217;s birthday, but it&#8217;s unclear if that is still something that will happen on Thursday. Check out a few Aaliyah throwbacks in honor of Baby Girl&#8217;s birthday.</p>
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