Jay-Z Is Seen 'All Over' Aaliyah...Following Claims The Rapper 'Tried Very Hard' To Win Her Heart Before Moving On To Beyoncé

Never-before-published photos show just how close rapper Jay-Z was to 'princess of R&B' Aaliyah just a year before her death.  

The photos from a Fourth of July party in 2000, obtained exclusively by DailyMailTV, show the rapper with his arms around Aaliyah as they danced and laughed.  

This comes as Damon Dash - Jay-Z's ex-business partner - revealed recently that Jay-Z 'tried very hard' to get with Aaliyah before he hooked up with superstar Beyoncé. 

Dash - who dated Aaliyah until her untimely death aged 22 in 2001 – told how Jay-Z was 'going hard' to woo the Try Again singer and now DailyMailTV has the pictures to prove it.