Timbaland could have, and should have, given his opinion on how big a star Aaliyah would have been had she lived without mentioning another celebrity. There's no question in my mind that she would have been a huge crossover star. Romeo Must Die was a crossover hit movie. So was "The Matrix Reloaded", even though her role had to be recast because she was gone before production, but after she landed the role. The point is She was landing those kind of roles because she was getting popular beyond "black america." And who wouldn't have noticed her? She wasa traffic stopping gorgeous DARKER SKINNED black girl. Girls of all races aspired to have her wispy hair style (most of it was her's...very little weave), her slender physique was attractive to mainstreem audiences, and yeah, the girl could SING HER ASS OFF, with out over singing/riffing. She stuck to the melody and still maintained an R&B sound...had perfect clarity and pitch. She was that rare mix of authenticity with crossover appeal.