R Kelly
Hurricane Florence concert cancellations & tour updates
Hurricane Florence has made landfall in North Carolina, bringing with it high winds and rains, power outages, storm surges and flash flooding. Now a Category One storm, the hurricane is still doing a lot of damage, and artists including Neko Case, Life of Agony, Frankie Cosmos, and Jawbreaker have cancelled and postponed shows accordingly.
R Kelly's NYC show cancelled (due to... Hurricane Florence?)
A representative for the show’s promoter tells SPIN that the reason for cancellation was the hurricane (not the years of abuse allegations against R Kelly, or low ticket sales).
Spotify removes hate content policy: "the language was too vague"
This news comes a few days after Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said Spotify ”rolled this out wrong” and that ”it was never about punishing one individual artist.”
R Kelly's team fires back at Spotify: "R Kelly never has been accused of hate"
R Kelly’s management fired back at Spotify’s decision to remove R Kelly from its playlists, saying, ”R. Kelly never has been accused of hate, and the lyrics he writes express love and desire. Mr. Kelly for 30 years has sung songs about his love and passion for women. He is innocent of the false and hurtful accusations in the ongoing smear campaign against him.”
Apple Music & Pandora also stopped promoting R Kelly
Yesterday, Spotify removed R Kelly and XXXTentacion from its playlists as it rolled out a new Hate Content & Hateful Conduct policy. Today, Apple Music and Pandora have also stopped promoting R Kelly…
Spotify removes R Kelly & XXXTentacion from playlists
Spotify has a new Hate Content & Hateful Conduct policy, which states, ”When an artist or creator does something that is especially harmful or hateful (for example, violence against children and sexual violence), it may affect the ways we work with or support that artist or creator.”
R. Kelly calls campaign against him "attempted public lynching"
Women of color of Time’s Up declared public support for #MuteRKelly in an open letter. In a statement in response, R. Kelly called the campaign a “greedy, conscious and malicious conspiracy.”
Vince Staples discusses "piece of fucking shit" R Kelly in Coachella interview
”They should’ve booked R. Kelly if they like R. Kelly so much. He would’ve pissed on somebody in the crowd.”
R. Kelly abuse allegations continue in new report from former “girlfriend”
Another woman has come forward with more accusations against Kelly. Kitti Jones, formerly a radio DJ for Dallas, TX hip-hop and R&B station 97.9 The Beat, and her experiences with Kelly are the subject of a detailed, disturbing new report from Rolling Stone…
R. Kelly accused of underage sex, abuse in new report/interview
Jim DeRogatis’ report detailing “abusive cult” allegations against R Kelly has spurred another woman to come forward who claims to have been involved with Kelly. She broke the terms of her non disclosure agreement to speak about her experiences with underage sex and abuse.
