Singer R. Kelly wants to be released after health issues
R. Kelly has been one of my favorite musicians since the nineties, when I first heard of his inspirational song called ‘I Believe I Can
Fly.’
“If I can see it, then I can do it.
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it. I believe I can fly, I believe I
can touch the sky. I think about it every night and day, spread my wings and fly away,” - Sings Kelly.
Without legal documents to live in Europe, the
lyrics of this great song, which was released on November 26, 1996, played a significant role in my life to believe that
one day I would have my papers. Here I am today.
Sometimes, it’s hard to understand why someone you like, life
has to end up in that way; however, what we need to understand is, whatever one sows, the same he shall reap. This is enough to serve as a warning to us to be careful in whatever we do, especially to harm others.
The incredibly successful singer, as well as a professional basketball player, is involved in many trials of sexual harassment of minors,
from which he has always managed to get out without significant
consequences.
One of the victims decided to tell how Kelly seduced her
and had sex with her when she was only 16 years old. She claims that the
musician created around him a cult comparable to the commune of Charles
Manson.
What has happened to Robert Kelly? As a successful musician
with great tunes such as ‘The Storm Is Over, Gotham City, etc, he created songs
for Michael Jackson as well and managed to become one of the world’s best R and B
singers, combining soulful melodies.
R. Kelly helped 14-year-old R and singer Aaliyah to begin
her career and record her first album. Later, it turned out that the minor
singer and her mentor and producer had an affair, and they allegedly got married
when Aaliyah was
only 15. Both Aaliyah and R Kelly denied this, while the media declared the
marriage illegal.
Kelly claimed that he loved Aaliyah just like any other person,
and they had a close relationship while working on the album. In 2001,
Aaliyah was already working
with Timbaland when she died in a plane crash on August 25, with a video crew on
board a small Cessna passenger plane.
Similar stories about R Kelly’s relationships with minors appeared in the media
throughout his career.
In 2002, a Chicago-based journalist had at her
disposal a video in which a man who looked like Kelly urinated on a minor girl
and had sex with her. The journalist handed the tape to the
police; the singer claimed that he was not the one in the video, but the case came to court six years later.
R. Kelly was accused of making child
pornography and was threatened with up to 15 years in prison, but the jury
decided to acquit the singer; in their opinion, the musician’s guilt was not
proved one hundred percent.
This was largely because the girl’s identity
was not identified from the video, neither she nor her family went to court,
and indirect evidence from acquaintances of the jury was not enough.
In the past several years, numerous people
have accused R. Kelly of running a sex cult where he holds women against
their will.
This testimony gave credence to the allegations that Kelly
entertained young girls in the form of personal worship. The singer has been
denied bail since he was accused, and his trial is expected to begin this
year.