Aaliyah
Uncle Blames Singer’s Cousin
For Tragic Deadly Aircraft Crash
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August 31, 2026
1:00 AM PDT
Aaliyah’s uncle claims his son is partly in charge for the late singer’s dying … lobbing the bombshell allegation as the 2 combat over cash in courtroom.
TMZ obtained a lawsuit filed by Jomo Hankerson towards Barry Hankerson and his file label Blackground Data. Barry is Aaliyah’s uncle and longtime supervisor. Jomo is Barry’s son and Aaliyah’s cousin.
Within the docs, Barry claims Aaliyah’s cousin was paid to coordinate journey for her music video shoot within the Bahamas … referring to the fateful August 2001 journey the place she died in a aircraft crash.
Aaliyah’s uncle says his son “failed in his accountability” to deal with journey plans … and she or he as a substitute took a personal jet that crashed and killed everybody onboard.
Barry says the deadly crash “could have been averted had [Jomo] adopted via on his compensated process of journey coordination.”
Aaliyah’s uncle mentioned his relationship together with his son was by no means the identical after Aaliyah’s dying.
Blame recreation apart, the remainder of the household struggle is fairly attention-grabbing too.
Jomo claims his dad breached a settlement over music rights … particularly, recording masters and music publishing copyrights for Aaliyah, Toni Braxton, DMX, and Timbaland.
Jomo says he’s owed 12% of the cash Barry constructed from the music property per a settlement deal … however claims his dad used the file label to cover cash and “manufacture bills that don’t have anything to do with the music property, all for the aim of pressuring [him] into accepting lower than what he’s owed.” Jomo is looking for over $1.2 million in damages.
Barry denied all allegations of wrongdoing within the go well with, claiming the settlement in query just isn’t legitimate as a result of it was executed below fraud.
Barry additionally claimed his son as soon as threatened to launch unreleased Aaliyah music if his monetary calls for weren’t met.
Jomo has additionally denied all claims of wrongdoing. The case is ongoing.
