Summary
R. Kelly is an American R&B singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and occasional rapper. He first appeared on the music scene as the founder and lead singer of Public Announcement, whose smooth mixture of hip-hop beats, soul and funk propelled the group's 1992 debut album "Born Into the '90s" to platinum status. After leaving the group in 1993, he became one of the top-selling musical acts of the nineties. Kelly's songs often include explicit sexual references, such as "Bump N' Grind," "Feelin' on Yo Booty" and "Ignition (Remix)." Kelly has also had hits such as "I Believe I Can Fly," "I'm Your Angel" (the Grammy-nominated duet with Celine Dion), "If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time...
R. Kelly is an American R&B singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and occasional rapper. He first appeared on the music scene as the founder and lead singer of Public Announcement, whose smooth mixture of hip-hop beats, soul and funk propelled the group's 1992 debut album "Born Into the '90s" to platinum status. After leaving the group in 1993, he became one of the top-selling musical acts of the nineties. Kelly's songs often include explicit sexual references, such as "Bump N' Grind," "Feelin' on Yo Booty" and "Ignition (Remix)." Kelly has also had hits such as "I Believe I Can Fly," "I'm Your Angel" (the Grammy-nominated duet with Celine Dion), "If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time," "I Wish," "Rise Up" and "Step in the Name of Love (Remix)." Kelly also released the rap mini-opera/film "Trapped in the Closet." Kelly has released 12 LPs, sold 35 million albums in the U.S. and more than 50 million albums worldwide, making him the most successful R&B male artist of the 1990s. R. Kelly released his eighth solo album, "Double Up," on May 29, 2007. In, 2002, Kelly was indicted on child pornography charges. The charges, which were later reduced, stemmed from a video tape allegedly showing Kelly having sex with a 13-year-old girl. In 2008, Kelly was found not guilty on all 14 counts.
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R. Kelly found innocent
An Illinois jury acquitted R&B superstar R. Kelly yesterday of child pornography charges, marking the end of a high-profile trial rich in courtroom drama and celebrity intrigue. The 41-year-old singer, whose real name is Robert Kelly, long denied charges...Tags: Prosecution, Witnesses, Sexual Assault, Religious Leaders, Robert Kelly
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R. Kelly over Tim Russert?
Tim Russert dies and you give R. Kelly the majority of the front page June 14? It's enough to make me want to cancel my subscription! Shame on you! --Kim Kapica Homewood, Ill.Tags: Tim Russert
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One newspaper with a side of filth, please
I recently read letters to the editor properly complaining about the lurid news headlines surrounding the R. Kelly trial. I agreed wholeheartedly. You folks regularly seem to forget that your newspapers come into homes with children in them and that...Tags: Naperville, Children, People, Newspaper and Magazine
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R. Kelly Acquitted in Child Porn Trial
Associated PressCHICAGO -- A Chicago jury has acquitted R. Kelly on all counts at his child pornography trial. The verdict came six years after the R&B superstar was first charged with videotaping himself having sex with a young girl. Prosecutors had said she was as...Tags: Trials, Pornography
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R. Kelly trial
A story on the R. Kelly trial reported that "assistant state's attorneys . . . sneaked away from their cases" ("Jury listens to final words from lawyers; 2 sides address not calling alleged victim," Metro, June 13). Our prosecutors who were in the...Tags: Lawyers, Prosecution
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Racial barbs don't pack equal punch
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign launched an interactive Web site last week to debunk rumors such as the one that said Michelle Obama, the senator's wife, was caught on videotape using the derogatory term "whitey" in the couple's former church. What's...Tags: Trinity United Church of Christ, Michael Pfleger, Oak Park, Hillary Clinton, Culture
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Hypertext
By Steve JohnsonFast takes on the week's five most-viewed Tribune stories on the paper's Web site. Find them quickly at chicagotribune .com/most. 1. 'I don't trust you guys'—Angry taxpayers give Stroger earful (June 16). Cook County Board President Todd Stroger...Tags: Palatine, Metra, Injuries, Prosecution, Livestock Farming
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R. Kelly: A case of grayness
The sobering challenge for jurors in the R. Kelly child pornography trial was this: They had to decide whether the singer committed a heinous crime against a young woman who says he didn't. It took them seven and a half hours to conclude they couldn't...Tags: Lawyers, Prosecution, Witnesses
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Votes every hour, spirited debate and, ultimately, a consensus
Tribune reportersThe jury weighing R. Kelly's guilt or innocence voted once an hour over parts of two days, and the outcome changed each time they took a straw poll. At first it was 5 in favor of acquittal, 5 undecided and 2 guilty. It got as close as 7-5 in favor of...Tags: Prosecution, Witnesses
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