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"  Lifetime recently announced that Disney star Zendaya would play Aaliyah in their upcoming biopic Aaliyah: Princess of R&amp;amp;amp;B, but now news comes that the late singer&amp;#039;s family is not pleased with the network at all. TMZ reports that Barry Hankerson, Aaliyah&amp;#039;s uncle, claims no one from Lifetime contacted the family about the movie, and that they will attempt to prevent the network from using any of Aaliyah&amp;#039;s music for the soundtrack. Hankerson also said the family has hired a lawyer to see what they can do to stop production of the film.\u00A0 After the Zendaya casting announcement, the Aaliyah memorial Twitter account\u00A0further implied that no one from her family is involved with the project.\u00A0    Fans we hear your comments and concerns !! unfortunately we cannot confirm the family is behind the project at this time \u2014 Aaliyah (@AaliyahHaughton) June 17, 2014      However ,we do ask that you are respectful to the artist playing the role, for they may not fully have or know the details about this role \u2014 Aaliyah (@AaliyahHaughton) June 17, 2014      And her family&amp;amp;#39;s involvement #teamaaliyah \u2014 Aaliyah (@AaliyahHaughton) June 17, 2014   Zendaya, for her part, has been tactfully defending herself from people who think she&amp;#039;s unqualified to play Aaliyah.\u00A0    She&amp;amp;#39;s been an inspiration and influence in my whole career, her talent still shines brighter then ever, all I wanna do is honor her \u2014 Zendaya (@Zendaya) June 16, 2014      Show how much she accomplished in only 22 years....she&amp;amp;#39;s beautiful inside and there will never be another Aaliyah, I just hope to share her \u2014 Zendaya (@Zendaya) June 16, 2014      beautiful story, and make her proud up in heaven #babygirl #forever #OneInAMillion \u2014 Zendaya (@Zendaya) June 16, 2014      I&amp;amp;#39;m just a 17 year old girl who got cast to play one of her biggest inspirations #positive \u2014 Zendaya (@Zendaya) June 17, 2014   She also corrected people who pronounce Aaliyah&amp;#039;s name incorrectly. Point: Zendaya. That kind of thing is just unacceptable.\u00A0    If you&amp;amp;#39;re an Aaliyah fan, at least say her name right...(AH)liyah not (UH)liyah, I may not correct my name, but I will correct hers&#128079; \u2014 Zendaya (@Zendaya) June 18, 2014   RELATED: Zendaya Cast as Aaliyah in Lifetime&amp;#039;s Biopic Celebrities Wearing Things! Celebrities Doing Things! Follow Eliza on Twitter.\u00A0 Photo credit: Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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