Chris Brown samples Aaliyah and performs with hologram of deceased singer
17 June 2013, 17:13
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
(News)
As previously reported, hip-hop’s most hated man Chris Brown has a new single which will undoubtedly garner even more presumably-relished uproar – as it features a previously-unreleased vocal recording from late singer Aaliyah.
The R&B musician, who passed away in 2001, makes a posthumous appearance on ‘Don’t Think They Know’ – which is expected to feature on Brown’s new album X.
That full-length will be released on 16 July, with the Aaliyah-sampling track in question streaming via the video below, in which Brown performs next to a hologram of the deceased singer.
You can stream that beneath:
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