Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York City, [3] the younger child of Diane and Michael "Miguel" Haughton, a warehouse worker. [4] [5] She was of African-American, Jamaican and Native American descent.[6] [4] [7] [8] Her name is the feminine form of the Arabic "Ali", meaning "highest, most exalted one, the best."[9] [10] Aaliyah was fond of her name, calling ... More @Wikipedia
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