Here's Why Beyoncé's Tribute To Aaliyah Caused A Twitter Stir

Beyoncé posts throwback video of her and Aaliyah and people on twitter can't stop talking about it.

Today is the anniversary of Singer Aaliyah's death and many celebrities are talking about it and paying tribute via social media. Beyoncé was no exception as she posted a video of the pair at the 2000 MTV VMAs to her Instagram. See post below.

A video posted by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Aug 25, 2016 at 9:52am PDT

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In usual fashion, Queen Bey left the post to speak for itself and didn't add a caption. But have no fear, soon after, comments started rolling in about the post. In fact, of all of the Aaliyah tributes and posts on social media, this one has yielded nearly 12,000 comments on Instagram and several tweets.

Initially the conversation started out in an adoration of the two singers

Two Queens 👑 #Beyonce remembers red carpet time with #Aaliyah. pic.twitter.com/4DPqf71j6s

— B. Scott (@lovebscott) August 25, 2016

Then the twitter world tried to spiral down the wrong path for a minute...

Aaliyah was the GOAT I mean Rihanna and Beyonce poppin but it was something about Aaliyah 😍

— #HUSKWORLD (@AudemarFRMSHV) August 25, 2016

...and tweets began to start about who or would've been the greatest, but the vast majority of twitter universe were sure to put this debate in check...

Aaliyah and Beyonce comparisons make no sense shut up and just celebrate her life

— Anthony J (@ajclassic) August 25, 2016

Aaliyah and Beyoncé liked each other stop trying to drag them, Aaliyah is Aaliyah and Beyoncé is Beyoncé.

— Murielthegoat 🐐 (@traphauz) August 25, 2016

God rest Aaliyah's soul but can y'all stop comparing her and Beyoncé? Can y'all give that up today? Please?

— Brooke (@TheBrookeAsh) August 25, 2016

Y'all comparing Aaliyah and Beyoncé on the day of her death? You know what I'm going to be respectful.

— Soft Serve (@darriqueenn) August 25, 2016

Overall, it was so beautiful to see this endearing post from Beyoncé in remembering her friend, and it's nice to see the larger world of social media reminding us all what today is really about. Remembering the Back and Forth singer. RIP Aaliyah.

If you haven't been able to pay tribute to Aaliyah today, add some of these to your Spotify playlist:

1. The One I Gave My Heart To

2. Back and Forth

3. Try Again

4. Miss You

Watch "Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody?"

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