R. Kelly

About

Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967), known professionally as R. Kelly, is an American former singer, songwriter, and record producer who is credited with prolific commercial success in contemporary R&B, hip-hop, and pop music recordings. Nicknamed “the King of R&B”, “the King of Pop-Soul”, and “the Pied Piper of R&B”, Billboard has him ranked as the 9th greatest R&B artist of all time. His career ended following his 2021 and 2022 convictions and subsequent 31-year sentence for a series of child sex offences.
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 career, Kelly’s…