R. Kelly timeline: Shining star to convicted sex trafficker
29.06.2022 - 18:23
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R&B singer R. Kelly will be sentenced Wednesday in a Brooklyn court after having been found guilty in a federal sex trafficking case in New York. Kelly, 55, was found guilty in September of sex trafficking charges where prosecutors are asking for a minimum 25-year sentence behind bars.The defense is arguing a term of 10 years or less is enough. Kelly also awaits another trial in Chicago for child pornography and obstruction of justice charges. Kelly was initially discovered in 1990 by Jive Records music executive Wayne Williams while he was performing at a barbecue.
He made his first debut, "Born Into The ’90s" with Public Announcement two years later in January 1992.The album was released a year later, and it soon went platinum. Kelly then went on to release his second record and first solo album, "12 Play", in November 1993.The album, featuring hits such as "Sex Me" and "Bump n’ Grind," soon sold more than 5 million copies. In August 1994, Kelly, then 27, married 15-year-old R&B singer Aaliyah D. Haughton in a secret ceremony in Chicago.The marriage was later annulled due to Aaliyah's age. Despite their marriage, Kelly helped produce Aaliyah's debut album, "Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number", which also went platinum.
A few years later in 1996, Kelly released his third album, "R. Kelly." His hit song, "I Believe I Can Fly" from the "Space Jam" soundtrack, took the No.
2 spot on the Billboard charts.That same year, Kelly married 22-year-old dancer Andrea Lee.The couple had three children together — Joanne, Jaya and Robert Jr. FILE - R&B singer R.
Kelly leaves the Cook County Criminal Court Building on June 13, 2008, in Chicago. Kelly was acquitted on all counts after less than a full day of deliberations.The
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