Hankerson, who recently appeared on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show, discussed Aaliyah’s road to becoming available on streaming services, as well as his views on R. Kelly, whom he first introduced to Aaliyah in the 1990s prior to their collaboration on her debut album.
According to HotNewHipHop, Hankerson said: “To be very honest with you, of course, I was upset. I had to really, really consider what my actions would be. And really I found out, I wasn’t a hardcore criminal. I couldn’t kill nobody. So, I took it, I’m a Muslim, and I went to Minster Farrakhan and we just prayed about it, resolved ourselves to let God handle him. I think that’s what’s going on. Ain’t no sense in two lives getting destroyed.”
Touching on the R. Kelly trial, Hankerson admitted that he isn’t actively following as it relates to Aaliyah.
“I just put a wall up to that. It’s just too emotional for me,” he said. “It just brings back too many bad thoughts for my whole family. He impacted my whole family, you know. It’s just a bad thing.”
Following the ‘Romeo Must Die’ soundtrack on September 3, the next major Aaliyah project to arrive on streaming platforms will be the ‘Miss You’ singer’s self-titled 2001 studio album, which will be accessible to stream on September 10.
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