I turn on MTV and see Rihanna's new video, Disturbia. Its dark edginess has it at the top of the charts, and she reminds me of another pop star Aaliyah. She had that same sweet but mysterious thing working for her, too.Aaliyah should be my age. She should be releasing a new album. She should be here. But she's not. Aaliyah died in a plane crash Aug. 25, 2001, forever 22 years old.And sometimes it feels like she's been forgotten. It seems as though she was just famous enough to make headlines but not a big enough celebrity to be remembered after a year or two passed by.I didn't kno...

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