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Missy Elliott Pens Beautiful Message To Aaliyah On The 17th Anniversary Of Her Death
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Aug. 25 2018, Published 7:24 p.m. ET
Missy Elliott was one of many people who hit up social media on Saturday to share their thoughts on the 17th anniversary of Aaliyah's passing.
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Missy and Aaliyah worked together on numerous hits, including "One in a Million" and "Are You Feeling Me?"
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"One in a Million" became one of Aaliyah's biggest songs of her career, hitting number one on the R&B charts and breaking the top 20 overseas.
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So it would make perfect sense for Missy to pen a touching tribute to the late singer, who passed away on August 25th, 2001 after a plane she was on crashed in the Bahamas. She was there to film the song "Rock the Boat" off her self-titled third and final studio album.
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The "Work It" rapper uploaded a video of her actually writing the message for the R&B legend, which read as "Aaliyah, we miss you so much. But your legacy will live on forever and ever!"
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She captioned the post with "Aaliyah (Babygirl) I can only imagine how great you would be today winning Oscars & creating sick music & still setting fashion trends! Your mom & brother @RAD_6 & your fans been holding it down 4 u you will always be A One in A Million sleep peacefully angel Babygirl.”
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