![]() ![]() He was acquitted in 2008 of child pornography after a video circulated appearing to show him having sex with a teenage girl. He’s written classic love songs and even gospel music, but he’s defined by sexually explicit songs such as “Feelin’ on Yo Booty,” ″Your Body’s Calling Me,” and “Sex Me.” Kelly is one of pop music’s best-selling artists, with hits including “Ignition,” ″I Believe I Can Fly,” ″Step in the Name of Love,” ″Same Girl” and “Bump N’ Grind.” He’s also written hits for Celene Dion, Michael Jackson and Lady Gaga. “It’s important for the black community to stand up and hold him accountable for his actions,” said Omisade Burney-Scott, with the Sistersong, a reproductive rights group. Protesters stood on the sidewalk outside the Greensboro Coliseum and criticized arena officials for declining to meet with a coalition of women’s groups that signed a letter citing a “long term history of sexual misconduct” by Kelly. The Greensboro concert was among the R&B singer’s first performances since the #MuteRKelly movement accelerated boycott efforts in recent weeks, with help from the Time’s Up campaign against sexual harassment and assault. I’m not going to tear him down, every good thing he does, because of something negative in his life,” said Clarissa Kelley of Lancaster, South Carolina. “Everybody has some skeletons in the closet. Kelly denies abusing anyone and faces no current criminal charges, and his fans weren’t giving up on their R&B superstar. He persuaded another to wipe his face, tongue and crotch with a towel. At one point, he rubbed a fan’s cell phone between his legs. Kelly then launched into his sexually suggestive repertoire. “Let me ask y’all something,” he said to the crowd. Kelly said he was approached backstage to tone down his songs and language because there were families in attendance. He thanked his fans, “for y’all to fight for me all these years.” “I’ve been through a lot of (expletive)” this week, he said. ![]() Stage hands also passed out t-shirts that read “Turn Up R. We approach each of these scenarios on a case-by-case basis.”īut before the latest moves, Kelly took the stage, inviting some audience members to join him. Pandora also declined to discuss how it is now treating Kelly’s music in its curated playlists, but said it has decided not to promote “artists with certain demonstrable behavioral, ethical or criminal issues. ![]() Apple declined to further comment Saturday. ![]()
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