About R. Kelly
Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967) is an American former singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is credited with prolific commercial success in R&B, hip hop, and pop music recordings, earning nicknames such as "the King of R&B", "the King of Pop-Soul", and "the Pied Piper of R&B". In 2021 and 2022, Kelly was convicted of multiple charges of child sexual abuse, and was sentenced to 31 years in prison, effectively ending his career. In 2025, Billboard ranked him 9th on their list of the "Best R&B Artists of All Time". Born on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, Kelly began performing in the subway under the Chicago "L" tracks, and regularly busked at the "L" stop on the Red Line's Jackson station in the Loop. During his recording career, Kelly released 18 studio albums which yielded a number of hit singles, including "I Believe I Can Fly", "Bump N' Grind", "Your Body's Callin'", "Fiesta (Remix)", "Ignition (Remix)", "Step in the Name of Love (Remix)", "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time", "The World's Greatest", "I'm a Flirt (Remix)", and the hip hopera Trapped in the Closet. In 1998, he won three Grammy Awards for "I Believe I Can Fly". Alongside his recording...
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Born Into the ’90s (1992)
12 Play (1993)
R. Kelly (1995)
R. (1998)
TP‐2.com (2000)
The Best of Both Worlds (2002)
Chocolate Factory (2003)
The R. in R&B: Greatest Hits Collection, Volume 1 (2003)
Happy People / U Saved Me (2004)
Unfinished Business (2004)
TP.3 Reloaded (2005)
Double Up (2007)
Untitled (2009)
Epic (2010)
Love Letter (2010)
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50:46The Rise and Fall of R Kelly’s Empire
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8:07AdvisoryRyan Moore - Moby D**k (2011)
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