The 15 Best Aaliyah Samples in Modern R&B/Hip-Hop

At her best, and long after she passed away, Aaliyah is loved still by the many R&B and hip-hop artists that she’s influenced.
The Princess of R&B put out three albums — Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number (1994), One in a Million (1996) and Aaliyah (2001) — before she was tragically killed on Aug. 25, 2001 in an airplane accident, following filming of her “Rock the Boat” music video in the Bahamas. While the visual was the last pro