Aaliyah’s Brother Says She Would Be the “Biggest Star in the World” If She Were Still Alive

Music lovers have always known Aaliyah‘s brother Rashad Haughton to be one of her biggest cheerleaders – a status he still cherishes nearly 25 years after the world said goodbye to the fallen songstress.

Aaliyah’s Mattel Barbie Doll

In celebration of what would’ve been her 46th birthday (January 16), Haughton took to press to share his elation over the unveiling of Mattel’s ‘One in a Million’ special edition Barbie in her honor – praising the venture by saying his late sister “would be ecstatic to see her legacy celebrated this way.”

“I can see her playing with these dolls wherever she is right now, which I know is heaven and in a beautiful place,” he told ‘People.’ “And she’s going to have a doll with her, and be doing all the dance moves from ‘One in a Million’ with it.”

Keeping the subject on her legacy, Rashad made it very clear that he believes his sister would be among the greats if she were still alive.

“[She would’ve been] the biggest star in the world,” he relayed. “[She had] one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard – still to this day…her legacy continues on. So we can imagine, we can dream, but we still have all those incredible works that she did do.”

Beyond holding on to her “incredible works” (including the forthcoming album ‘Unstoppable‘), Haughton says he also holds dearly to her memory.

“I do often talk to her in times of trouble, or when I’m really missing her. I talk to her in my heart, in my mind, in my dreams,” he said before sharing, “[If I could talk to her now, I would say] ‘I love you,’ and ‘I’m so proud of you’…’I know you’re smiling.”

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In celebration of what would’ve been her 46th birthday (January 16), Haughton took to press to share his elation over the unveiling of Mattel’s ‘One in a Million’ special edition Barbie in her honor – praising the venture by saying his late sister “would be ecstatic to see her legacy celebrated this way.”

“I can see her playing with these dolls wherever she is right now, which I know is heaven and in a beautiful place,” he told ‘People.’ “And she’s going to have a doll with her, and be doing all the dance moves from ‘One in a Million’ with it.”

Keeping the subject on her legacy, Rashad made it very clear that he believes his sister would be among the greats if she were still alive.

“[She would’ve been] the biggest star in the world,” he relayed. “[She had] one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard – still to this day…her legacy continues on. So we can imagine, we can dream, but we still have all those incredible works that she did do.”

Beyond holding on to her “incredible works” (including the forthcoming album ‘Unstoppable’), Haughton says he holds dearly to her memory.

“I do often talk to her in times of trouble, or when I’m really missing her. I talk to her in my heart, in my mind, in my dreams,” he said before sharing, “[If I could talk to her now, I would say] ‘I love you,’ and ‘I’m so proud of you’…’I know you’re smiling.”