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Chicago, United States (1991 – present)

Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois), better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is a Grammy award winning American R&B singer-songwriter, rapper, actor and record producer. Debuting in 1991 with the group Public Announcement, Kelly went solo in 1993, starting off a successful career with the release of the album 12 Play. He has since released a further nine studio albums, collaborated with Jay-Z on two albums and has had many successful singles including Bump N’ Grind, I Believe I Can Fly, Ignition, The World’s Greatest and the hip-hopera Trapped in the Closet.

Kelly has also produced and performed in many tracks by other R&B and hip-hop artists. In 1994, Kelly produced and wrote the debut album of R&B singer Aaliyah and in 1995, Kelly co-produced and wrote the song “You Are Not Alone” for Michael Jackson, which was included on Jackson’s album, HIStory. Kelly has sung the hooks for many notable hip-hop songs, such as “Fuckin’ You Tonight” by The Notorious B.I.G., “We Thuggin’” by Fat Joe, “Gigolo” by Nick Cannon, and “Go Getta” by Young Jeezy, and has collaborated for two albums with Jay-Z.
In his personal life, Kelly has had several sex scandals. Reports surfaced that he married the then-teenaged Aaliyah, for whom he was a songwriter. Kelly and Aaliyah annulled their marriage. After a video of a man purported to be him having sex with an underage girl was released, Kelly was indicted on several counts of child pornography in 2002. After several delays, his case went to trial in 2008, with the jury ruling Kelly not guilty on all 14 counts.

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  • TheJazzyDom

    Anyone knows if his song "I Had A Dream" is on any album or mixtape? Or if it's coming with album in future?

    yesterday afternoon
  • BackNDaDay90

    Say what you want about him, but he makes the best damn R&B music. [8]

    yesterday morning
  • PedroHenriqu3

    Say what you want about him, but he makes the best damn R&B music. [7]

    Sunday evening
  • TheJazzyDom

    Say what you want about him, but he makes the best damn R&B music. [6]

    Saturday afternoon
  • coconutdundee

    Say what you want about him, but he makes the best damn R&B music. [5] and has a killer ass voice.

    Friday afternoon
  • LC-Intelligent

    Say what you want about him, but he makes the best damn R&B music. [4]

    Friday afternoon
  • u2theedge

    legend

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  • TheJazzyDom

    Feelin' Single is FIRE!!!! He better hurry up with that new Album! King is King.

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Kells on MTV.com

2 Dec 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/rkelly

Read all about what went into making Kells’ latest album Untitled only on MTV.com!

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