R. Kelly endured as one of R&B's top stars, even as he faced a slew of sex abuse allegations.
The three-time Grammy winner, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, has sold over 75 million records globally, making him one of the most commercially successful R&B musicians ever, with hits like"I Believe I Can Fly."
"Do I like to sleep with underage girls? Absolutely not. I've said it a million times. But do I have people trying to destroy my career? Absolutely."R. Kelly, shown here at the 2013 American Music Awards, for years acted with impunity despite serious sex abuse allegations against him, prosecutors sayBorn January 8, 1967, in Chicago, Kelly was the third of four children raised by his mother.
Jive Records signed him in 1991 after a label executive reportedly heard him singing at a barbeque in Chicago. But in the early 2000s, Chicago reporter Jim DeRogatis anonymously received two tapes that appeared to show Kelly having sex with young girls, the second of which led to the artist's indictment on child pornography.
In July 2017, BuzzFeed published a lengthy investigation by DeRogatis, which alleged Kelly was operating a"sex cult" and holding six women hostage between Chicago and Atlanta.
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