surviving r. kelly
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R. Kelly Indicted on 10 Counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse, No-Bail Arrest Warrant Issued [Updated]
There were decades of allegations. There was a criminal trial on charges of child pornography. There were hashtag campaigns and open letters. There was a high-profile series documenting the stories of his alleged victims. Now, there is a no-bail warrant out for Robert “R.” Kelly on 10 counts of aggravated child sexual abuse, approved by…
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A New and Eerily Similar R. Kelly Sex Tape Has Reportedly Surfaced. Let's See What Happens This Time
Deja vu—a new sex tape involving R. Kelly and an underaged girl has reportedly surfaced. And it’s been turned over to the police. It was 2002 when news of a leaked sex tape unleashed into the world, with commentary further exacerbated by three things: R. Kelly was accused of being on the tape. The other…
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Spotify Quietly Enabled a Feature to Allow Listeners to Literally Mute R. Kelly
The #MuteRKelly movement, founded by Oronike Odeleye and Kenyette Barnes, has rightfully been on these streaming platforms’ and record labels’ necks, which has resulted in true progress. Following the Surviving R. Kelly doc and the movement’s persistent callout for accountability, RCA/Sony recently ended their relationship with the R&B artist. Now, according to Vulture, Spotify is…
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Report: FBI Investigating R. Kelly for Arranging Cross-Country Flight for Underage Girl
Did R. Kelly commit a crime when he flew a then 17-year-old Azriel Clary across state lines back in 2015? According to TMZ, the FBI is in the process of deciding whether or not that’s the case. Azriel, one of the women featured in “Surviving R. Kelly,” was flown from Palm Springs to Phoenix to…
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Black Twitter Tells Erykah Badu to Have a Window Seat After 'Coming to R. Kelly's Defense' at Chicago Concert [Updated]
Erykah Badu has a lengthy history of showering one Robert Sylvester Kelly Sr.—and other problematic individuals—with undeserved grace. So much so that her contrarian stances are as commonplace as her eclectic ensembles. So it comes as no surprise that in the aftermath of “Surviving R. Kelly”, while the entire free world is dancing on the…
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Bounce Bounce Bounce: Sony and R. Kelly Mutually End Longtime Record Deal: Report [Updated]
Wow. It finally happened. According to Billboard, sources are confirming that Sony and R. Kelly have agreed to part ways. The R&B singer’s relationship with the record label was quite familiar. In the early 1990s, Kelly initially signed to Jive, which eventually became a part of Sony BMG. In 2012, he signed a contract with…
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R. Kelly Accused of Sexually Abusing a Former Epic Records Intern When She Was 16
In an episode of NBC’s Dateline scheduled to air Friday night, a woman who worked as an intern for Epic Records when she was teen says R. Kelly sexually abused her. Tracy Sampson, now 36, told Dateline that in the summer of 1999, she was just 16 years old the first time Kelly tried to…
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Post-Surviving R. Kelly Fallout: What Do We Do With All These Celebrity Apologies?
Surviving R. Kelly is not just an apt title to describe the harrowing accounts of the women and families who came forward to detail their experiences with Robert Sylvester Kelly. It’s also (to a much lesser extent) an accurate description of the experience viewers had after engaging all six hours of footage detailing R.Kelly’s alleged…
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R. Kelly Is Facing Eviction, Hot and Fresh Out the Kitchen
R. Kelly’s (self-inflicted) issues are compounding. Next up? Arrears. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the R&B singer has to pay more than $173,000 of delinquent rent to his landlord as well as court fees and he has a week to do it… or risk eviction. January 21 is the fateful day, to be exact. So,…
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#MuteRKelly: NYC Rally Planned to Pressure RCA to Drop 'The Pied Piper of R&B' [Updated]
Several powerful advocacy organizations are joining forces at the RCA Records headquarters in New York City on Wednesday morning in an ongoing effort to #MuteRKelly. Via the coalition’s social media, the “Rally to Protect Black Girls” is a joint effort between Color of Change, Girls for Gender Equity, the New York City chapter of the…