PSA: YOUR POSITION ON R.KELLY..

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

TMZ.COM WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY THINKS OF R.KELLY

So I got this e-mail from the supervising producer of TMZ.com (which happens to be a gossip/news site ran by AOL) asking about my position/my visitors positions on this whole R.Kelly sex scandal. They are working on an article about R.Kelly, and want to know what the black gossip blogs have to say about it. Since I do not know your position, I decided to make a entry about the issue.

Here is the e-mail:
TMZ’s currently working on an article regarding the continued popularity of R.Kelly, a singer who still faces a 14-count indictment alleging he had sex with a 14-year-old girl and videotaped the experience.

R.Kelly is currently booked to play Radio City Music Hall in New York on April 18th, and he was recently honored with the first annual Stevie Wonder Award for Outstanding Career Achievements in Songwriting at the Soul Train Music Awards two weekends ago, which was presented to him by Stevie Wonder himself.

We’d like to include some thoughts and comments from you, bloggers who focus on African-American pop culture, for our article about how R.Kelly’s popularity continues to sustain itself , despite the “elephant in the room” of the serious pornography charges against him.

Could you share any thoughts on this topic with us? Do you think it’s abhorrent? Do you think it’s OK that he’s being honored still for his music, despite the alleged charges? What do the readers of your blog tend to think about it..

So basically, why do you think he is still popular in the black community? I know most of us saw that Boondocks episode when they talk about the issue, but I want your feedback.

I personally believe he is a pedophile, and that he has been getting away with numerous crimes. Anyone who tapes themselves having sex with a 14/15 year old is a sicko, in my opinion. Better yet, anyone who messes with CHILDREN are sick! Yes, the argument is going to come up that the girls lied about their ages; that he didn’t actually know how old they were. Yeah right, do I have to mention his marriage to Aaliyah (who was 15 at the time)? He knew how old she was, and was still messing around with her.

The black community needs to stop supporting his ass. I don’t care how many hit songs he has, and how good a songwriter he is. He is a pedophile, and deserves to be prosecuted as such. Better yet, he needs to get ‘trapped in the closet’ for real this time. But whatever, you’re innocent until proven guilty. In this case, you’re innocent because you make a hit song.

Now it’s your turn to express your opinion. Comments that do not pertain to this issue will be deleted, ASAP!

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