Aaliyah's untimely death heavily effect both her family, her friends (including Timbaland and Missy Elliott), and the entertainment industry as a whole, which almost unanimously praised Aaliyah for being a inspirational and talented individual. "Rock the Boat" went on to become an enormous posthumous hit on radio and on video channels, and the tragic news of her death gave her album an enormous sales boost, pushing it to #1 on Billboard. Some of the album's biggest hits happened only after Aaliyah's death, including the remaining two singles, "More Than A Woman" and "I Care 4 U" which was a huge radio hit even without a music video.
Aaliyah was to have had a supporting role as Harold Perrineau Jr.'s wife in the two sequels to The Matrix; her role was ultimately filled by Nona Gaye.
In 2002, a posthumous greatest hits collection, I Care 4 You, was released in Aaliyah's name. It also contained a number of Aaliyah songs form the Blackground vaults that Aaliyah had recorded over the course of her career including "Miss You," which became the album's main single and features Missy Elliott, Lil Kim, Toni Braxton, DMX, and others paying tribute to Aaliyah in its video.
Aaliyah is interred in the Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, in Hartsdale, New York.
