sexual assault
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Leaving Neverland, a Documentary Based on Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Michael Jackson, to Premiere at Sundance 2019 [Updated]
The term “problematic faves” has effectively inserted itself in pop culture. But the work of reconciling with the possibility that people you once idolized are not only imperfect, but nefarious, is very real. While the recent release of Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly may be the most recent example of that internal war for some people,…
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Lady Gaga Apologizes For Working With R. Kelly, Vows to Remove 'Do What U Want' From iTunes
Lady Gaga has finally said it, publicly: she has acknowledged R. Kelly’s reported victims and is remorseful. If you recall correctly, “Do What U Want (With My Body)“ was a 2013 collaboration between Gaga and R. Kelly, which was originally set to be accompanied by a music video. Thankfully, that idea was scrapped, as the…
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Top Dallas R&B Radio Stations Saw Something Wrong With R. Kelly's Bump N' Grind—and Banned His Music
Almost a week after Lifetime’s docuseries, Surviving R. Kelly, we’ve been issued the remix to conviction with Georgia’s Fulton County District Attorney’s Office opening up an investigation against the “Pied Piper of R&B” for his years of allegedly abusing black women and girls. And today, two prominent Dallas radio stations, KRNB and K104, have vowed…
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R. Kelly Reportedly Under Criminal Investigation in Georgia Following Surviving R. Kelly Documentary Series
Sometimes art not only imitates life; it influences it. Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly created record-breaking buzz for the network, but more importantly, it inspired people to take further action, including but not limited to engaging in support for survivors and calling for severe legal consequences for the R&B singer. As the documentary spanned about 30…
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Why You Can Expect Silence from These Legends When it Comes to R. Kelly's History of Abuse
As viewers brace for the third and final installment of Surviving R. Kelly’s Lifetime Network premier, social media users worldwide have been discussing the evidence that 51 year-old Chicago-born singer Robert “R.” Kelly acted in concert with and with the support of a loyal network of handlers, lawyers, venues, musicians, labels, hangers on and next…
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Only 2 Hours Into Surviving R. Kelly, the Conclusion Is Simple: Black Girls Deserve Better
I’m tired. We’re tired. On the evening of January 3, 2019, I bundled up my anxiety and turned to Lifetime to watch what I knew would be one of the most noteworthy moments of media history. Executive produced by dream hampton, Tamara Simmons, Joel Karlsberg and Jesse Daniels, Surviving R. Kelly is a 6-hour, three…
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R. Kelly Threatens to File Federal Lawsuit Against Lifetime If It Airs Documentary [Updated]
The much-anticipated night of Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly has come, and right on schedule, Robert Kelly is threatening legal action. According to TMZ, Kelly’s lawyer Brian Nix is threatening to file a federal lawsuit against Lifetime if the network doesn’t backpedal on deciding to air the documentary special. We have a feeling it’s going to…
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OWN's Love Is ___ Canceled Amid Abuse Claims Against Salim Akil [Updated]
It’s official: Love Is… no more. According to Variety, the OWN television show from Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil, purportedly based on their epic love story, has been canceled amid allegations brought forth by Amber Dixon Brenner, Salim Akil’s alleged former mistress. Warner Bros. Television has completed its internal investigation and have found no…
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For Idris Elba, It’s Simple: ‘The #MeToo Movement Is Only Difficult If You Have Something to Hide’
Much like any pushback directed toward men ever in history, Tarana Burke’s #MeToo movement has ruffled the feathers of the peen plumage. Hollywood even sent itself into a tizzy about the movement possibly killing a filmmaker’s creative ability to produce adequate sex scenes in movies. Which … okay. Whatever helps you set up your light…
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'Happy' Kodak Black Successfully Sits Through Soft-ball Interview from the Breakfast Club
For a bunch of men intent parlaying their purported toughness and criminality into cold, hard cash, this generation’s latest wave of emcees with penchants for hitting women seem to have one thing in common: Thin skin. Wednesday, Kodak sat for an inter with HOT97’s Ebro Darden. Ahead of a pending release of his sophomore album,…