There’s a scene in "The Princess of R&B" where rising star Aaliyah (Alexandra Shipp) is being fitted for a "new image" makeover. She vetoes all the fancy gowns in her dressing room, claiming they don’t fit her style, and in a huff tells mentor R. Kelly (Cle Bennett), "[They’re] so far away from who I really am, people will think I’m fake."
Unfortunately, the same can be said of Lifetime’s controversial biopic of the beloved R&B singer, who died tragically in a plane crash in 2001. The movie bears little resemblance to Aaliyah’s life and career, and tells a dissatisfying story for fans as well as general audiences.
In many ways the…
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