![]() I figured Kelly would play his tried-and-tested role, offer a few outlandish quotes, and that would give me enough to turn into a post for the Internet to laugh at. I went in with every intention of writing about it the next day. Kelly Q&A, this time as he promoted his newest album, Black Panties. Only days prior, I’d been in a room for another R. But as a fan, a public supporter, and an omissive apologist, that feeling only intensifies after finishing the piece.ĭespite a layer of guilt, I didn’t have a strong desire to touch the issue, because I still hadn’t fully parsed how I felt. Kelly as a human or a musician, the extent of the stomach churn ends with the article. Perhaps, if this piece is your first foray into R. Kelly is accused of doing to young girls as well as the trauma his accusers say they’ve experienced - is physically unsettling. A phrase used in the piece, “stomach-churning,” is an appropriate way to describe the account, because the graphic nature of the tales - the things R. Kelly’s history of predatory behavior toward teenage girls. Yesterday, The Village Voice ran a conversation between music critic Jessica Hopper and Chicago Sun-Times reporter Jim DeRogatis, the man who, 15 years ago, blew the lid off the story of R. There’s been more, but the quantity ultimately isn’t what matters. Kelly’s underage-sex charge, and a third hyperbolically suggests R. Kelly, another makes a comparison between the 2012 Hulk Hogan sex tape and R. One is a joyous relay of a press release about R. Who doesn't have that hair, voice, & a son named Nick? Also: it wasn't R. I need more proof that's Hulk in that video. Kelly press release: "he is known for delivering music that is spiritual, inspirational and extremely sexual." #HolyTrinity Kelly Q&A, and a Chappelle’s Show bracket in which a Kelly-themed sketch titled “Piss on You” advanced to the Sweet 16. He’s made cameos in other pieces, including a Trapped in the Closet screening in New York, complete with an R. ![]() These aren’t nearly all the times I’ve penned thoughts about him. “ Rembert Explains America: Life, Death, Hail, Rainbows, Feds, and Redemption on the Road to R. Kelly’s Tribute to the Kids of Newtown, Connecticut” - January 4, 2013 “ Trapped in the Closet Is ‘Forever,’ Starting Today” - October 17, 2012 Kelly Is Coming Back … Again” - March 21, 2012 These are some pieces I’ve written for Grantland about R. ![]()
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