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'I'll always listen to him with pride': Some R. Kelly fans won't mute his music

By Eyewitness News

Activists around the world have called on music streaming platforms to remove R. Kelly's music and for listeners to stop streaming it on platforms where it was...

  • FILE: In this file photo taken on 6 March 2019, music artist R. Kelly arrives at the Circuit Court of Cook County, Domestic Relations Division in Chicago, Illinois. Picture: JOSHUA LOTT/AFP

    R. Kelly, the disgraced R&B star, convicted of sex crimes

    The jury of five women and seven men found him guilty on all charges, convicting him of using his fame to systematically recruit his victims for sex, buttressed by his entourage.

    236 days ago
  • FILE: R&B singer R Kelly leaves the Cook County jail after posting $100,000 bond on 25 February 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Picture: AFP

    Prosecution details R. Kelly sex crime 'universe' in closing arguments

    With 45 witnesses including 11 accusers -- nine women and two men -- government attorneys vied to illustrate systematic abuse by R. Kelly, and the coterie of associates he orchestrated.

    241 days ago
  • FILE: In this file photo taken on 6 March 2019, music artist R. Kelly arrives at the Circuit Court of Cook County, Domestic Relations Division in Chicago, Illinois. Picture: JOSHUA LOTT/AFP

    Prosecution rests case in R. Kelly sex trafficking trial

    The singer, who reigned over the 1990s and early 2000s, has for decades faced accusations of sexual misconduct but was only tried once on child pornography charges, proceedings that saw him acquitted.

    244 days ago
  • FILE: R&B singer R Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Courts Building following a hearing on 26 June 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Picture: AFP

    Man alleges R. Kelly promised career boost for sex

    In bombshell testimony Monday, the now 32-year-old man said that he became associated with Kelly's entourage and pleaded guilty in 2021 to attempting to bribe a woman who would potentially testify against the musician.

    264 days ago
  • FILE: In this file photo taken on 6 March 2019, music artist R. Kelly arrives at the Circuit Court of Cook County, Domestic Relations Division in Chicago, Illinois. Picture: JOSHUA LOTT/AFP

    R. Kelly considered self 'genius' who could act with impunity

    "He could put the fear of God in me very quickly," she said, saying she performed sex acts because "I didn't feel like I had a choice," saying she'd suffered past abuse both at home and by a former boss. She also said she feared what the singer would do with their sex tapes.

    268 days ago
  • FILE: R&B singer R Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Courts Building following a hearing on 26 June 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Picture: AFP

    R Kelly accuser says singer choked her when she was 16

    Jerhonda Pace, now 28, wept as she read aloud from a journal entry describing how Kelly slapped her, saying 'If I lied to him again, it's not going to be an open hand next time.'

    275 days ago
  • FILE: In this file photo taken on 6 March 2019, music artist R. Kelly arrives at the Circuit Court of Cook County, Domestic Relations Division in Chicago, Illinois. Picture: JOSHUA LOTT/AFP

    'Predator' R. Kelly groomed girls for decades, trial hears

    The 54-year-old is charged with racketeering, sexual exploitation of a child, kidnapping, bribery and forced labour between 1994 and 2018.

    276 days ago
  • FILE: R&B singer R Kelly leaves the Cook County jail after posting $100,000 bond on 25 February 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Picture: AFP

    Jury selection begins in R. Kelly sex abuse trial

    The 54-year-old appeared stoic in a navy blue suit as the questioning of jurors began in the Brooklyn court, where he faces charges of racketeering, sexual exploitation of a child, kidnapping, bribery and forced labor, spanning from 1994 to 2018.

    277 days ago
  • FILE: R&B singer R Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Courts Building following a hearing on 26 June 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Picture: AFP

    Jury selection to begin in R. Kelly sex abuse trial

    Kelly, 54, faces charges in a US court in Brooklyn including racketeering, sexual exploitation of a child, kidnapping, bribery and forced labour. They span from 1994 to 2018.

    289 days ago
  • FILE: R&B singer R Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Courts Building following a hearing on 26 June 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Picture: AFP

    R. Kelly moved to New York for sex crimes trial

    The artist born Robert Sylvester Kelly was arrested on sex-trafficking charges in July 2019. He's accused of systematically recruiting girls for sex while touring and coercing them into sexual activity.

    333 days ago
  • FILE: Pearl Thusi. Picture: @pearlthusi/Instagram.

    Tweeps lock horns over Pearl Thusi as BET cancels Tol Ass Mo, Mome interview

    BET Africa has decided not to air an interview with Mongezi 'Tol Ass Mo' Mahlangu and his wife, Mome.

    636 days ago
  • FILE: R&B singer R Kelly leaves the Cook County jail after posting $100,000 bond on 25 February 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Picture: AFP

    R. Kelly associates charged with intimidating singer's accusers

    Prosecutors say three members of the artist's circle - Richard Arline Jr., Donnell Russell and Michael Williams - have been engaged in separate bids to silence Kelly's accusers in the New York racketeering case against him through intimidation, harassment and bribery.

    648 days ago
  • FILE: R&B singer R Kelly leaves the Cook County jail after posting $100,000 bond on 25 February 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Picture: AFP

    R Kelly pleads not guilty again

    The disgraced singer's arraignment on various new sexual abuse charges took place via telephone conference on Thursday due to the coronavirus pandemic.

    751 days ago
  • FILE: R&B singer R Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Courts Building following a hearing on 26 June 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Picture: AFP

    R Kelly's release bid denied again

    District Judge Ann Donnelly highlighted the fact Illinois prosecutors have accused Kelly of witness tampering during his child pornography case so insisted it would be too risky to let him out of jail.

    760 days ago
  • FILE: R&B singer R Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Courts Building following a hearing on 26 June 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Picture: AFP

    R Kelly's New York sexual abuse trial postponed to September

    Kelly filed a motion asking to be released on bail, citing multiple confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Chicago jail where he is being held.

    765 days ago
  • Singer R. Kelly. Picture: AFP

    R Kelly gets bail request denied

    Kelly is currently holed up in Chicago's Metropolitan Correctional Centre on charges that include sex trafficking, racketeering and child pornography.

    774 days ago
  • FILE: R&B singer R Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Courts Building following a hearing on 26 June 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Picture: AFP

    R Kelly defaults on lawsuit

    Judge Moira S. Johnson granted the default judgement after he was absent from yet another meeting in the case on Tuesday, and it will be up for a final hearing on 10 March.

    815 days ago
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