The tale of the tape was apparently only half of the story. Several documents pertaining to R. Kelly's child-pornography case were unsealed Tuesday, days after the...
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Documents unsealed from the R. Kelly child pornography trial include claims from the prosecution's star witness that an employee of the R&B star threatened her. Lisa Van...
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A jury acquitted R&B star R. Kelly of child pornography charges on Friday, finding he did not make an explicit videotape showing him having sex with an underage girl who...
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In a career full of escapes, this was R. Kelly's greatest. During his 16-year career, Kelly's star continued to rise despite marriage to a 15-year-old and songs so explicit...
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Statements made during the nearly monthlong R. Kelly child pornography trial: ___ "People's Exhibit No. 1." — The prosecution formally entering their first piece of...
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Timeline of R. Kelly's life and career, from birth to Friday's acquittal on child pornography charges: • Jan. 8, 1967: Robert Sylvester Kelly is born in Chicago,...
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R. Kelly stepped it up and danced. Now his self-proclaimed moves mentor wants the R&B star to step it up and pay. The beleaguered singer, who is back in Chicago...
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R. Kelly has spoken up for the first—and probably last—time in his child-pornography trial. The embattled R&B star announced to the judge today that he...
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She's been described over several weeks of testimony as a Christian singer and a point guard, a participant in three-way sex and as the goddaughter to one of the music...
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R. Kelly's lawyers have called it a case. The defense in the R&B superstar's trial on kiddie-porn charges rested its case today, after spending only two...
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So much for the tale of the tape. The reporter who first received the video that launched the R. Kelly kiddie-porn case won't be testifying after all. A Chicago judge...
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It's not often the music critic is the one getting the bad reviews. But that was the case today as the judge in R. Kelly's child pornography trial lashed out at Jim...
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R. Kelly's child-pornography trial just took a detour into a First Amendment case. Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan today ruled that Chicago Sun-Times music critic Jim...
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As if the R. Kelly trial didn't have enough built-in puns, it now appears as though the defense may have a Deep Throat on its hands. Testimony was abruptly called off...
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Now playing in a Chicago courtroom....People's Exhibit 1. And it may be the worst video of R. Kelly's career. Prosecutors kicked off their opening arguments in...
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Time for R. Kelly to finally face the music. After six years of delays, the self-proclaimed Pied Piper of R&B was in a Chicago courtroom today for opening arguments in his...
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R. Kelly's alleged skeletons may remain trapped in the closet a bit longer. The judge overseeing the R&B star's kiddie-porn case has rejected another legal...
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The time has finally come for R. Kelly to face the music, and by the look of things, he may have a few more notes to account for than first thought. Jury selection in the...
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The Illinois Supreme Court has denied news organizations' emergency motion seeking sealed court records and transcripts related to R. Kelly's pornography case. The court...
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Lawyers for two newspapers and The Associated Press are seeking sealed court records and transcripts related to R. Kelly's pornography case with an emergency motion filed in...
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Leave it to R. Kelly to come up with a song about something as innocuous as a woman braiding hair. But given the success he's crafted out of subjects ranging from a...
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Because of him, Ne-Yo is taking legal action.
The rising R&B star has filed a lawsuit claiming he was booted off R. Kelly's tour because fans and critics alike...
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A woman who snapped photos of R. Kelly in a courtroom with her cell phone has pleaded guilty to contempt of court after spending the weekend in jail.
Jean Johnson, 49, was...
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R. Kelly avoided having his bond revoked in his child pornography case, but was admonished by a judge Friday for missing a court date earlier in the week.
Cook County...
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A judge on Friday allowed R. Kelly to
remain free on bond pending his trial on child pornography
charges, even though the R&B singer missed a court appearance
this...
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For R. Kelly, the show will go on...for the most part.
A day after the R&B star avoided jail for missing hearing in his long-playing kiddie-porn case, Kelly on Friday...
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R. Kelly may have just traded the closet for the great state of Illinois. Either way, he could be trapped.
The rapper managed to avoid arrest Thursday morning by...
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R. Kelly could be facing arrest if he doesn't show up in court Thursday.
The 40-year-old singer, who is in the middle of a 45-city tour, faces child pornography charges for...
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R. Kelly has been given a deadline to show his face in court—or else.
The singer missed a court date Wednesday in his child-pornography case after his tour bus was...
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The Double Up tour is down a man.
After performing just two dates of the road show with R. Kelly, Ne-Yo has been sent home for the holidays.
"I am disappointed that I...
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Now that he has plenty of time on his hands while his kiddie-porn trial is delayed yet again, R. Kelly has decided to hit the road.
The "I Believe I Can Fly"...
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R. Kelly is going to have to wait even longer for his day in court.
Five years after being charged with child pornography, the R&B star's trial had been set to start on...
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R. Kelly's closet is getting bigger — and more bizarre.
The singer premiered the sequel to his twisted and craftily campy "Trapped in the Closet" video serial with a...
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Grammy Award-winning R&B singer R Kelly
will go on trial September 17 on child pornography charges,
five years after the accusations were first made, prosecutors
said on...
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R. Kelly will go on trial next month, more than five years after he was charged with child pornography.
Judge Vincent Gaughan has set a Sept. 17 date for the start of a...
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It's been more than five years since his indictment—and possibly a decade since he made the sex tape that got him in this mess—but R. Kelly is finally ready...
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R. Kelly is to issue 10 new instalments of his cult video series "Trapped In The Closet."
The original "hip-hopera" became a huge hit two years ago, especially in the U.S....
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Happy anniversary, R.
Nearly five years to the day since he was indicted on a slew of child pornography charges stemming from a well circulated sex tape, the R&B...
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R. Kelly, "Double Up" (Jive): In song, R. Kelly's sexual shenanigans are so outrageous, they border on parody. Listen to tunes like "The Greatest Sex," "Half on a Baby" or...
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Since being charged with child pornography five years ago for allegedly videotaping sex acts with a young teenager, R. Kelly has had six best-selling albums, three...
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R. Kelly has written a new song, "Rise Up," about healing in the aftermath of the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech. A gunman killed 32 people and himself on the...
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R. Kelly is hoping music really will make the people come together.
The R&B man has recorded "Rise Up," a charity single about healing in the wake of last...
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Wonder what the over/under is on R. Kelly losing any more body parts before his long-coming kiddie-porn trial actually starts?
The embattled R&B star is down one after...
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R. Kelly is letting his guard down.
The "Trapped in the Closet" crooner has decided to end his legal battle with the town of Olympia Fields, Illinois, a community of 4,700...
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R. Kelly is ending his feud with this south suburban village over a guard shack.
The Grammy-winning R&B singer recently agreed to drop his legal challenge against Olympia...
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Forget the closet. A new lawsuit is accusing R. Kelly of
trapping a former pal in the basement.
The
trouble-magnet singer was on the receiving end of a suit...
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A man describing himself as a "mentor and guide" to R. Kelly since he was a teenager is suing the singer, alleging that he attacked him and reneged on an agreement to pay...
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Coming soon to a courtroom near you: the R. Kelly sex tape.
A Chicago judge agreed to allow the videotape, which
prosecutors claim shows the R&B superstar having sex...
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The Teflon R. Kelly is cruising on the Soul Train.
The R&B star, embroiled in an ongoing kiddie porn case, leads the nomination list for the 20th Annual Soul Train Music...
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Grammy Award-winning singer R. Kelly was in a Cook County, Illinois, courtroom on Friday (December 16) for another pre-trial hearing in his ongoing child pornography case....
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Although its been almost a year since the disastrous R. Kelly-Jay-Z Best Of Both Worlds tour, the two men are still squaring off in court--and Kelly just hit Jay-Z with...
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The subject was never brought up during home economics class, but I'm pretty sure my teacher would have told me that sex in the kitchen was a no-no. Think of the potential...
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Jay-Z and R. Kelly attempted to re-launch their Best Of Both Worlds tour this fall after a similar venture was scrapped two years ago, and now it appears that it wasn't such...
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Singer R. Kelly was in Cook County Court in Illinois on Friday (April 2), for another pre-trial hearing in the singer's ongoing child pornography case. Kelly is presently...
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OutKast may have walked away with the most awards, but it was Janet Jackson who won hearts at the 18th Annual Soul Train Awards, held March 20 in Los Angeles. Resplendent in...
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R. Kelly has scored another legal victory. A Florida judge Thursday (March 14) threw out the evidence that had been the basis for child-pornography charges filed 14 months...
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The third season of American Idol kicked off this week on FOX with the final auditions show airing Wednesday (January 21) at 8 p.m. ET. The three opening shows take a...
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Beyonce Knowles and R. Kelly were the big winners at the 2003 Billboard Music Awards, held Wednesday (December 10) in Las Vegas, with four wins each. Rapper 50 Cent and...
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Rapper 50 Cent was a finalist in six categories, including artist of the year and album of the year, when the finalists for the 2003 Billboard Music Awards were announced on...
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Baby and his partner, Mannie Fresh, who together make-up the Big Tymers, have teamed up with R. Kelly for a new single, "Gangsta Girl." The song was produced and arranged by...
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R&B singer R. Kelly received a clearance from Judge Vincent Gaughan on Friday (October 3), to launch a second tour, according to MTV.com. The singer, who is currently out on...
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Michael Jackson is getting some help with his latest attempt to jumpstart his career. According the British paper, the Sun, his next single, "One More Chance," will be...
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Cash Money Records co-CEO Baby and R&B superstar R. Kelly have been working on a joint project which will be jointly released through Baby's Cash Money Records and R....
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Grammy Award-winning R&B singer R. Kelly recently shared with Blender magazine that the backlash from his pending child pornography case has caused him to feel like Osama...
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R. Kelly and Bryan "Baby" Williams are teaming up to produce Best Of Both Worlds 2. Although no release date is set, the album will include an all-star line up.
"Baby" told...
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Singer R. Kelly, recently granted permission to go on a short five city tour in mid-August by a Chicago judge, will perform at the 2003 Detroit Music Festival according to...
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Singer R. Kelly was granted permission to go on a short five city tour in August by a Chicago judge on Monday (July 14), according to MTV.com. The singer, who is currently...
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Grammy award-winning singer R. Kelly will release his first ever greatest hits set, the 'R.' In R&B Collection Volume 1, on September 9 on Jive Records. The first single,...
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A Chicago judge has barred singer R. Kelly from attending a Los Angeles video shoot, but the judge said on Wednesday (June 4) that he would permit the R&B superstar to...
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The 2 Fast 2 Furious soundtrack--which features new music from Ludacris, Trick Daddy, I-20, Tyrese, R. Kelly, Eightball, Shawnna, Joe Budden, Fat Joe, Dead Prez, and...
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R. Kelly, P. Diddy, Ronald Isley and the Isley Brothers, Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly, India.Arie, the O'Jays, the Four Tops, the Whispers, the Temptations, and the Gap...
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Superstar R. Kelly, who is presently out on bail, appeared in court in Chicago on Monday (April 14) to ask a judge for permission to travel to Barstow, California for 12...
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Superstar singer-songwriter R. Kelly, who is currently facing pornography charges in Illinois and Florida, has rereleased his song, "A Soldier's Heart." A CD single of the...
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Rapper 50 Cent's Shady/Interscope album, Get Rich Or Die Tryin', is atop the album chart for a fourth nonconsecutive week after selling more than 279,000 units last week,...
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Rapper 50 Cent's Shady/Interscope album, Get Rich Or Die Tryin', is back on top of the album chart after selling 359,000 copies last week, according to industry sources. The...
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R&B singer Ginuwine is preparing for the April 8 release of his fourth solo album, The Senior. The set features guest appearances by Sole, Tweet, Blu Cantrell, Baby, Snoop...
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A series of well-publicized sexual misconduct allegations failed to hurt R&B mainstay R. Kelly's career--his new album Chocolate Factory debuts at the top spot this week on...
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Singer R. Kelly has released a statement claiming that the latest sex-assault charges against him are false and an attempt to damage his career. The new allegations were...
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Chicago native R. Kelly has dedicated the release of his new album, Chocolate Factory, to the memory of the 21 victims of the deadly stampede at the E2 club on the city's...
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Embattled R&B superstar R. Kelly appears to be poised to pick up right where he left off before he was indicted on child-pornography charges last year. The singer releases...
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Embattled R&B singer R. Kelly is taking fans behind the scenes of his latest video. Black Entertainment Television (BET) followed the Grammy winner around Miami while he...
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Superstar singer-songwriter R. Kelly was released from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Facility in Miami on Wednesday afternoon (January 22) after posting $12,000...
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Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter R. Kelly was arrested in the parking lot of the Grand Bay Hotel in the Coconut Grove section of Miami, Florida. Kelly, who was...
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Having R. Kelly sex tapes might technically be illegal if the girl shown in them is proven to be underage. However, legal experts say that it would be bizarre if prosecutors...
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R. Kelly's critics might be surprised to hear about the rerelease of a children's book about the embattled R&B singer. Can Fly! The R. Kelly Story, which is based on the...
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Embattled R&B singer R. Kelly will release his next album, Chocolate Factory, on January 28 instead of its original January 14 release date. Kelly was originally scheduled...
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R&B star R. Kelly, who is currently facing child-pornography charges, has released a new single, "Ignition," taken from his forthcoming album, Chocolate Factory, which is...
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R. Kelly, whose alleged sexual relationships with teenage girls are the subject of an expose in GQ magazine, co-produced the remix of Syleena Johnson's "Tonight I'm Gonna...
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Truth Hurts, who is signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath label, recently issued "The Truth." The song is a duet with R. Kelly, who also penned and produced the song, and it is the...
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R. Kelly's look-alike brother reportedly appears on the videotape from the Judge Mathis Show that was delivered Wednesday (August 7) to Chicago's Cook County Circuit Court...
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R. Kelly's defense team received more than 70 pieces of evidence from prosecutors Wednesday (August 7) during a hearing at Chicago's Cook County Criminal Courts Building,...
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Charles Freeman, who claims R. Kelly hired him to recover a "performance" tape, is suing the entertainer for $75,000, according to published reports.
Kelly, who is...
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The four newly discovered R. Kelly videotapes were found to have no additional evidence of wrongdoing relevant to the current 21-count child-pornography indictment against...
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The Chicago Police Department obtained additional alleged R. Kelly sex tapes following his June 5 indictment on 21 counts of child pornography, according to station...
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Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter R. Kelly entered a plea of not guilty to 21 charges of child pornography at his arraignment at the Cook County Courthouse on Wednesday...
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A new R. Kelly song, "Heaven, I Need A Hug," was played on Chicago radio on Tuesday night (June 18). The song features the singer, who is currently facing child-pornography...
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The Illinois Department Of Children And Family Services (DCFS) has reopened an investigation into allegations that the parents of the 14-year-old girl allegedly videotaped...
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R&B superstar R. Kelly was taken into custody by Chicago police officers on Friday morning (June 7) to face child-pornography charges stemming from a videotape that...
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R&B singer and producer R. Kelly posted a $750,000 bond Thursday (June 6) and was released from a jail in Florida's Polk County. Kelly was arrested Wednesday (June 5) after...
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Superstar singer-songwriter R. Kelly was arrested on Wednesday afternoon (June 6) in Florida's Polk County shortly after authorities issued a nationwide warrant for him. The...
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Superstar singer-songwriter R. Kelly was indicted on 21 child-pornography charges for allegedly producing and disseminating child pornography and soliciting a minor to...
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Superstar singer-songwriter R. Kelly is expected to be indicted on child-pornography charges for producing and disseminating child pornography and soliciting a minor to...
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R. Kelly's attorney Allan Mayer expects the suit filed against Kelly by Montina Woods on May 24 in the circuit court of Cook County, Illinois to be thrown out of...
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Montina "Tina" Woods joined the list of women who have filed suits against R&B singer-songwriter/producer R. Kelly. Woods filed a civil suit against Kelly May 24 in...
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Embattled R&B singer R. Kelly appeared before a national television audience on Wednesday night (May 8) to deny allegations that he engaged in sexual activities with two...
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Grammy-winning R&B superstar R. Kelly is reportedly set to do his first major post-sex-scandal interview. Black Entertainment Television (BET) is reporting that Kelly will...
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Grammy Award winner R. Kelly has just been hit with a third lawsuit alleging that he took advantage of an underage girl. The singer-songwriter is already under investigation...
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Superstar singer-songwriter R. Kelly, who is currently facing allegations of having sex with a minor and videotaping the sex act, will release a new single, "Soldier's...
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Singer R. Kelly has reportedly hired a noted private investigator as a part of his efforts to prove that he didn't videotape himself having sex with underage girls. Jack...
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Embattled R&B singer-songwriter R. Kelly made his first public statements in response to the allegations that he engaged in and videotaped sex with a minor. After protesters...
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R&B singer-songwriter R. Kelly settled a lawsuit filed by Tracy Sampson--who dated the singer when she was 17--for an undisclosed amount last week. The suit, filed in August...
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Former R. Kelly protege Sparkle maintains that her niece is the young girl exploited in the alleged R. Kelly sex tape.
The popular singer, who released the Number One R....
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Fox's Mad TV is poking fun at allegations that singer R. Kelly videotaped himself having sex with underage girls. Mad TV regular Arie Spears, who portrays R. Kelly in a...
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Alicia Keys's award-show winning streak has yet to come to a halt. The singer, who received five Grammys last month, took home three honors at the 16th Annual Soul Train...
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Copies of the purported 26-minute R. Kelly sex videotape sent anonymously to the offices of the Chicago Sun-Times last month have made their way on to the streets of New...
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Jay-Z and R. Kelly have moved the release date of their new album, Best Of Both Worlds, from March 26 to March 19, to combat the heavy bootlegging of the album. A bootleg...
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Grammy-winner Alicia Keys has just been added to the lineup of UrbanAID 2, a concert that will raise funds to help increase the awareness of HIV issues and AIDS prevention...
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Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter R. Kelly is under investigation by the Illinois State Attorney's office and Chicago Police Department for allegedly having sex with a...
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R. Kelly, Gloria Estefan, and Lifehouse are the 11th-hour additions to the list of artists appearing at official events surrounding the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, which kick...
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In a scene befitting the union of two musical icons, R. Kelly and Jay-Z met members of the press at New York's elegant Waldorf Astoria hotel yesterday (January 24). The two...
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Recently singer-songwriter R. Kelly shared his plans for the holidays with LAUNCH. "Just to lay low, just as everybody else should do," he said. "You know, just lay low and...
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R&B singer R. Kelly was the big winner at the 2001 Billboard Music Awards, held at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas last night (December 4). Kelly took home six awards,...
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R. Kelly's "The World's Greatest" entered Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart last week at Number 75. The song is the first single from Ali, The Original...
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R&B star R. Kelly's TP-2.COM World Tour will launch July 3 in Atlanta, and is scheduled to wrap in Washington D.C. in mid-August. Female R&B singers Sunshine Anderson and...
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The soundtrack to the new action movie The Fast And The Furious is out June 5, with the movie hitting theaters nationwide on June 22. Ja Rule stars alongside Paul Walker and...
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Yolanda Adams and R. Kelly received multiple awards Thursday (March 1) at The NAACP Music Image Awards...And More ceremony. Of the 12 music-related categories presented,...
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Bluesy R&B singer Syleena Johnson hopes to soon make an impact--the Chicago-bred daughter of blues guitarist Syl Johnson recently released "I Am Your Woman," her debut...
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R. Kelly wrote and produced "I Am Your Woman," the first single from Syleena Johnson's forthcoming debut album, Chapter 1: Love, Pain & Forgiveness, which is scheduled for...
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R. Kelly is currently enjoying the success of his new album, TP-2.Com, which sold more than 540,000 copies its first week out and will debut at Number One on the new...
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R. Kelly's latest album TP-2.Com debuts at Number One this week on the album sales chart, having sold more than 540,000 copies, according to industry sources. Meanwhile,...
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Talented singer-songwriter R. Kelly is set to release his new album TP-2.COM Tuesday (November 7). The "TP" in the title refers to Kelly's 1993 multiplatinum album 12 Play....
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R. Kelly is launching another recording entity, an R&B trio called Talent. The multiplatinum, Grammy-winning artist, producer, and songwriter discovered the group, which...
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(6/28/00, 7 a.m. ET) Opening night for Limp Bizkit's Back To Basics tour has been pushed back a week, meaning fans in Chicago and the Minneapolis/St. Paul area will have to...
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R. Kelly has recorded two still-undisclosed songs for the Shaft soundtrack -- the album is due out in June, in advance of the film's July release.
Kelly's last soundtrack...
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Soul Train Music Awards co-hosts Eric Benet, Tamia, and Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes of TLC will be among the performers at the ceremony, which will take place tonight (March 4)...
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R. Kelly has emerged as one of the most prolific songwriters and producers of the 1990s, and it looks like the Chicago crooner will maintain a steady work schedule in...
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Whitney Houston has apparently made good on her threat to "hit the Latin market." LAUNCH has learned that Houston recently wrapped up a studio session with Latino...
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Courtesy of RockOnTV (www.rockontv.com):
NBC:
Saturday Night Live - Eagle-Eye Cherry is the musical guest. (Both an Eagle-Eye Cherry feature and chat transcript are...
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In May, rambunctious rap personality Busta Rhymes made tongues wag when he pulled out of the R. Kelly Get Up On A Room tour (LAUNCH, 5/5). Now Busta Rhymes has come clean...
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The ill-fated tour of R&B singer R. Kelly took a treacherous turn on Tuesday night (June 29), when eight fans were stabbed during a brawl that broke out at the onset of...
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Kelly Price apparently did not have the correct information when she said that R. Kelly's "Get Up On The Floor" tour had been cancelled (LAUNCH, 5/26).
On Sunday (June 6),...
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R. Kelly's "Get Up On The Floor" tour has been cancelled. The tour was beset by problems even before it began. Busta Rhymes, one of the show's biggest draws, abruptly...
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Things aren't going well for the R. Kelly tour, which is now scheduled to kick off Thursday (May 6) in Philadelphia.
First, today's opening date of the tour, which was...
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R. Kelly has no intentions on abandoning the pop fanbase he established with his Grammy-winning hit "I Believe I Can Fly." A big fan of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On"...
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'Tis the season for superstar duets. We've already told you about the unlikely pairing of divas Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston on "The Prince Of Egypt (When You Believe)"...
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R. Kelly, whose monster Grammy-winning hit "I Believe I Can Fly" can be heard in Mobil gasoline commercials, is coming back in a big way. Kelly's new album, simply titled...
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Sheryl Crow, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, R. Kelly and Alanis Morissette were among the top winners at the 46th annual BMI Pop Awards held May 12th at the Beverly Wilshire...
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The big Grammy winners last night were Shawn Colvin, who in a bit of a surprise swept the Song Of The Year and Record Of The Year categories, and Bob Dylan, who claimed...
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The premier compilation disc of the year arrives in stores February 10th, offering 11 tracks covering the year's top artists as selected by a group of their peers.
We...
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Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds was the leading nominee for the 40th annual Grammy Awards, garnering eight bids, including Album Of The Year.
The nominations, announced...
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