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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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  • LC-Intelligent wrote:
    Monday afternoon
    "Share My Love" is very catchy! I hope it's a hit for him. [2] still looking forward to some more bump n grind tunes though!

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  • ec-ca wrote:
    Thursday evening
    "Share My Love" is very catchy! I hope it's a hit for him.

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  • gendervariant wrote:
    Thursday morning
    I like Share My Love, he got in touch with his inner Barry White and Isaac Hayes. The backing beat is annoying though, it seems off.

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  • DJSMusicfactory wrote:
    Wednesday evening
    He got my HEART GROOVIN'!!! :-)

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  • CRiiSs7 wrote:
    Wednesday afternoon
    "Share My Love" is FUUUUUUUCKING AMAZING! KING IS BACK!! GET READY!!!!!!!

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    "Share My Love" <-- NEW SINGLE! 31 JAN!!!

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    Fiestaaa

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    A Best of Both Worlds flashback: http://wp.me/p282ao-Y

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  • ec-ca wrote:
    last month
    King of R&B.

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  • CRiiSs7 wrote:
    last month
    *News*: His new album (for the follow-up to Love Letter) will be call "Write Me Back" and is date for 27th March. GET READY!!!!<3

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  • AkidnamedErv wrote:
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    I quit you is great tune

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  • gendervariant wrote:
    last month
    His tribute to Sam Cooke was way better than I thought it would be.

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  • gendervariant wrote:
    last month
    King of contemporary R&B not R&B as a whole.

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  • chriss3008 wrote:
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    Happy b'day :D

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  • ProbiFOX wrote:
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    happy birthday to the king R&B

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  • CRiiSs7 wrote:
    last month
    happy birthday to the 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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