R. Kelly is an American star who is remembered for a lot of music feats, but allegations linking him with paedophilia will always be a blot on his image.
R&B star R. Kelly. Credit: mixtapemobb.com
The I Believe I Can Fly singer spoke to Vulture Magazine on the issue of sex with underage girls saying the statements are rumours and nothing more.
“I love women [but] if I wasn’t a celebrity, people wouldn’t be saying these things about me,” he said.
When asked to explain the fact that people close to him had admitted that he had issues, he responded: “I don’t know those people you’re talking about.”
When Vulture pointed out that the statements were made by his brother, his ex-publicist, his former friend and longtime personal assistant, he said: “All those people have been fired by me. If you’re going to ask me these questions, you have to make sense out of it. It wasn’t until after they got fired that they said these things. Go figure. I got one life, and I don’t want to spend it talking about negativity. I’ve moved on. Maybe you haven’t.”
On the settlements he had had to made in relation to the accusations, he said: “I understand the game. Get as much dirt as you can on somebody, get it all together, and make it real juicy so we can sell some papers. I understand the job you guys have to do.”
On the famous sex tape, where he was videoed having sex with and peeing on an underage girl he said: “I don’t have no recollection of none of that. My lawyers handled that, what, eight, nine years ago?”
Kelly was raised by his mother in the South of Chicago. He had a humble background but has since risen beyond the limitations of his upbringing and earlier environment by becoming one of the world’s biggest R&B stars ever.
Vulture described him as “inarguably the biggest male R&B singer since Marvin Gaye. And probably the most talented and sexually explicit too.”
He started off in the early ’90s with a music group New Jack Swing, from which he joined Public Announcement before finally switching to a solo career. Kelly has written and produced for a number of aristes including music legends as Jay Z, Nas, and the late Notorious B.I.G. Of all these, one of the most notable remains Michael Jackson’s 1996 hit song You Are Not Alone. Kelly got a Grammy nomination for his input on the song.
He is also regarded as one of the best-selling artists in America. According to Billboard, an American music magazine, the singer is one of the most accomplished singers in the world.
In March 2011, the music magazine recognized him as the most successful male R&B star in the last 25 years.
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