The former CEO of Roc-A-Fella Records opened up about his appearance in the R. Kelly music video alongside his former business partner, JAY-Z, in a recent episode of his American Nu Network podcast on YouTube.
The R. Kelly allegations continue…this time, it’s familial. Kelly’s estranged daughter, 26-year-old Buku Abi (born Joann Kelly), has revealed that she was allegedly sexually assaulted by her father as a child. Her tearful admission was released in a trailer for the upcoming documentary R Kelly’s Karma: A Daughter’s Journey, to premiere October 11, 2024 on TVEI […]
R. Kelly’s hopes of a lighter sentence are just hopes now. A Chicago court has dismissed his appeal to review his 20-year sentence. AP News is reporting that the disgraced singer did not receive favorable news regarding his legal woes. Back in February his legal team appealed his original sentence citing that the federal child pornography […]
R. Kelly's defense lawyer decried federal prosecutors' use of RICO laws in their trial against the singer during an appeal hearing on Monday. Jennifer Bonjean called the use of the law "preposterous."
Ye aka Kanye West compared himself to R. Kelly and Bill Cosby in an eyebrow-raising verse from his upcoming 'Vultures Volume 1' album with Ty Dolla $ign at his listening event in Chicago on Thursday.
Now, the last time that R. Kelly was in North Carolina, he was performing in front of thousands of fans inside the Greensboro Coliseum in 2018, amidst a growing cry from protesters urging to cancel the singer for his decades of abuse. Now, the disgraced entertainer is back in the Tar Heel State... but this time, he's behind bars.
The disgraced singer was sentenced on child pornography charges, with a mostly concurrent sentence with his 30-year term from his NY case.
"We believe justice has been served," a Chicago prosecutor said today (Jan 30).
The release comes three months after the singer was found guilty of federal sex crimes in his hometown of Chicago.
On Tuesday, R. Kelly filed two motions through his lawyer with a judge in Chicago to have either his federal conviction for child pornography and sexual abuse overturned or grant a new trial. Jennifer Bonjean, Kelly's lead attorney wrote in the motion that the prosecution used "perjured testimony" from a clinical psychologist in the case in addition to claiming the government didn't prove fully that the singer abused the minors in question.
The singer was previously sentenced to 30 years in prison after a sex crimes conviction last fall.
A juror was dismissed this week from the disgraced singer's federal sex crimes trial in Chicago, shortly before jury deliberations began.
