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Robert Sylvester Kelly (born: ), better known professionally as simply R. Kelly or Kellz (also known as known as the Pied Piper of R&B), is an American former musician, rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who performed music in genres of rap, R&B, soul, gospel, and hip hop. During his career, which lasted from 1989 until 2019, he released a total of 17 studio albums and wrote multiple songs for other artists, such as Michael Jackson and Aaliyah.
==Personal Life==
Robert was born on January 8, 1967, and grew up in Chicago, Illnois. He has three half-siblings (an older sister and brother and a younger brother). Robert claims he had a girlfriend when he was 8 years old, but she drowned after being pushed into a fast flowing current after a fight. Robert was sexually abused by an older family member as a child, and his mother passed away in 1993.
==Controversy==
===Pedophilia===
In recent years, Robert has become infamous for dropped charges of pedophilia and sexual misconduct, most notably getting married to famous musician Aaliyah when she was 15 years old, as well as urinating on a 14-year-old. The allegations briefly resurfaced in 2018 when Spotify announced that they would stop promoting his music as a part of their new Hate Content & Hateful Conducthttps://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-44073801.
====Surviving R. Kelly and Aftermath====
In January 2019, a Lifetime docu-series called premiered, detailing and going in-depth to all the allegations, as well as unearthing new information, such as Robert's sex cult. He was accused of having sex with 15 year old Aaliyah on the tour bus. The documentary made Robert lose many fans, as well as being openly denounced by people who he previously worked with and his friends. He would also get permanently banned on Twitter, dropped by RCA Records, and have a search warrant issued for him in Georgia. Robert was charged with over 10 accounts of sexual abuse, followed by 11 counts in May 2019. He was arrested on federal charges alleging sex crimes, human trafficking, child pornography, racketeering, and obstruction of justice.
In March 2019, Robert was interviewed on CBS by Gayle King, when he denied all of the accusations to the point where her began frantically sweating and screaming at Gayle.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/r-kelly-interview-full-coverage-of-the-gayle-king-interview-with-r-kelly-on-cbs-2019-03-08/ His behavior was mocked online. His girlfriends at the time also denied being abused, however one admitted to being groomed by Robert.
In August 2021, his trial started, but multiple new allegations came forth, regarding him sexually assaulting two underage boys at a McDonald's.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9940823/First-man-accuse-R-Kelly-sex-abuse-testifies.html
On September 28, 2021, Robert was found guilty on nine counts including racketeering, sexual exploitation of a child, kidnapping, bribery, sex trafficking, and a violation of the Mann Act.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/r-kelly-verdict-guilty-racketeering-sex-trafficking/ Following his conviction, his YouTube channels were terminated and his Facebook and Instagram accounts were suspended, and his music was taken off several streaming services.https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/r-kelly-was-convicted-what-happens-his-music-streaming-platforms-n1280268https://www.instagram.com/p/CUsBPLBKPJ1/
On June 29, 2022, he was sentenced to 30 years for federal racketeering and sex trafficking, after prosecutors told the judge to make his sentence more than 25 years, while for his defense attorneys requested for 10 years or less.https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/29/us/r-kelly-sentencing-racketeering-sex-trafficking/index.html
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