Aaliyah’ s music will finally be available on streaming services and in print. A handful of Aaliyah’s albums will make their Spotify debut beginning Aug. 20, after years of contention between her estate and Blackground Records -- founded by her uncle Barry Hankerson -- over releasing the singer’s music, according to Billboard. Aaliyah’s music will officially be available on all major digital streaming platforms + physical albums. #AaliyahIsComing (Thread) ⁰08/20 - “One in a Million” Album pic.twitter.com/yCpw6XnBYq — Blackground Records 2.0 (@Blackground) August 5, 2021 Hankerson has landed a new partnership with EMPIRE, an independent Bay Area-based music company that will make the entire Blackground catalog -- consisting of 17 albums by artists including Aaliyah, Timbaland & Magoo, Tank, Toni Braxton and JoJo -- available in both physical and digital form for the first time in a decade. On Wednesday, in response to the news, the Aaliyah Haughton estate took to social media to...
