With January being the Birth month of the late great singer Aaliyah, allowing her loyal fans to receive a greatest hits album would have been dope.
Last night, Aaliyah’s greatest hits—including songs like “One In A Million” and “Are You That Somebody”—unexpectedly appeared on iTunes and Apple Music. Now, less than 24 hours later, the collection of songs has been removed from both platforms.
Aaliyah’s best music has long been conspicuously absent from digital music vendors and streaming services, due to a convoluted legal situation detailed by a Complex investigation last month. In short: Aaliyah’s uncle Barry Hankerson, who managed her career from its beginning, refuses to allow the music to be released digitally. That hasn’t stopped Craze Productions, a London company that doesn’t own any of the rights to Aaliyah’s music, from illegally posting the music to iTunes and Apple Music, as they did yesterday. This was the second time the company employed this strategy; the only other time Aaliyah’s greatest hits were available for digital purchase was when Craze uploaded the music in 2013.
“Our lawyers are handling it,” Rell Lafargue, COO of Reservoir Media—the current rightsholder of the Aaliyah discograpy—told Complex when reached before the greatest hits collection was removed. “I don’t think you’ll see it there long.”
Apple was unavaible for comment.
It’s unclear how Craze Productions managed to upload Aaliyah’s music for a second time. The 2013 incident resulted in a round of litigation. Lafargue was “baffled” by the development.
Come on Uncle Barry give the fans what they want!! Long Live Aaliyah!! We miss you Babygirl….
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Her music needs to live on forever smh as long as I’m here it will lol