Aaliyah, a promising young artist, died in 2001. A plane disas ter killed her at 22. Every girl and boy aspired to be the “Try Again” singer at her height. Despite dating multiple guys, the R&B artist kept her love life quiet. Except for her now-publicized illi cit marriage to R. Kelly at 15.Damon Dash exposed At Your Best singer’s love life secrets in 2021. The record executive revealed that Aaliyah dated from 2000 until her de ath. They discussed marriage. The Aaliyah-Jay-Z romance was Dash’s biggest expose. She was pursued “a lot” by the rapper.

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Inside Aaliyah and Jay-Z’s relationship
In 1999, Aaliyah and Jay-Z dated briefly.
Dash told Page Six in 2009 that “everyone was trying to get to Aaliyah.” He denied pursuing her “as hard” as Jay-Z. In 1999, the “99 Issues” rapper was rumo ured to date Queen of the Dam ned. Their ages were 29 and 20.


Aaliyah fell for Dash and her Jay-Z date never happened. “I didn’t know Jay was trying to scream at her, but then it happened like that,” the movie producer claimed of falling in love with the “One in a Mill ion” singer. “He and I tried. He tried his hardest, as did everyone.”

Another account: “Dame went behind [Jay-Z] and yelled at [Aaliyah].” Dash, Jay-Z, and Kareem “Biggs” Burke co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records, where Choke No Joke produced it.

Contrary to Choke No Joke’s claim, Roc-A-Fella’s previous owners appear to have split over professional issues. Aaliyah visited Dash and Jay-Z’s house weeks before the disa ster.