No they didn't date. Aaliyah was dating Dame Dash. Jay-Z was just hitting it.
I don't think she was sleeping with them at the same time. You make it sound like Aaliyah was a whorre.
"Why is Taylor Swift regarded as such a good role model anyway? I wouldn't want any daughter/niece of mine to grow into a girl-bashing, *****-shaming, boy-crazy, eternally-virginal damsel in distress who seems to perennially look at the world through the prism of a victim. That's not empowering. That's not even healthy." - U4EA