R. KELLY TELLS VIRGINIA TECH TO “RISE UP”
Wednesday, May 2, 2007

You gotta give Robert credit for this one. In the midst of all the drama surrounding his brother’s recent interview, R. Kelly has put out a new track dedicated to the VT students titled “Rise Up,” about healing in the aftermath of the April 16 tragic shootings.
According to Jive Records, “Rise Up” will be available for download on May 15th , with 100 percent of the net proceeds from its sale going to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund.
Did I mention that R. Kelly is releasing a new album titled “Double Up” which hits stores May 29th? His first single off the album is actually the remix to Bow Wow’s “I’m A Flirt” that has blown up into a hit.






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76.
Poetic
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
His personal life has nothing to do with him making a song about the victims/survivors of that tregedy! So some of you need to sit down some damn where ..Its a song about healing not about his life ..damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
77.
atreyou
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
Frankly, I don’t give a f@#k what he does, I still don’t like him. He’s just doing this because he needs to generate so postive promotion for his upcoming album. Knowing how most people are, it’ll work
78.
Meatloaf
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
42. mika… preach my sister! You always on point! I wonder if the haters think that Akon is a perv too? I haven’t seen the tapes and I don’t have enough information to make the call! Others seem so sure!
33. jewel13… You giving out passes??? lol!
55. Bouga… are you trying to preserve yo sexy like Diddy in the gold avatar? lol!
79.
DreDre
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
Yeah everyone rise up and fuck some preteens LETS GO! ARHGGGGGG!
80.
blk dds
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
Who pushed his hairline back like that.
Kellz, fire your barber!
81.
kcool
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
What evr U may say about kells. The brutha has talent that won’t go away no matter what he has done or got comin to him he keeps pumping out the hits. He has 9 lives
82.
Tanisha
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
Everyone has a right to their opinion, but for all of u hating on him, & are not from the Chi, get it together. He doing something good & all ya’ll want to do is talk about the bad. everyone of ya’ll has done something bad & regretable, so to u I say, To judge someone else’s faults is to look in the mirror & judge yourself, cause that’s all u r doing. When u point out someone else’s flaws u r really trying to hide yours. I Luv Kels
83.
msblacknasty1
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
dis is the longest trial i have ever seen. when is dis mofo going to jail. hes said he gon take somones girl in the video wiff ugly azz t-pain. he gives me pain ery time i look at his azz, lolo ewwwwwww r kelly crack lips ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
84.
Divine One
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
Just guessing that maybe he did this song to overshadow the siutation with his pending case so he could get in the good graces of people…but it’s not going to work…yes it was a noble thing to do…with the proceeds he will dedicate to the victims families or whatever….but the same as someone else posted what about the people who really had it bad in New Orleans, Mississippi and Alabama…..I haven’t been a fan since 12-play I can support someone who takes advantage of young girls the way he did in that video….and yes it is him….no matter how talented he is…he’s still a pedophile!!!
85.
Divine One
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
Correction to my post #84 I can’t support someone who takes advantage of underage girls…etc…
86.
kcool
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
@ #84 Stop judging kells. God will deal with him. So let him keep pumping out the hits
87.
edjunior
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
heres the link to whre u can listen to the whole song, it’s nice and jus have good graces that somebody is thinkin about other human beings so nonegative comments. http://us.video.aol.com/v...%3A%2F%2Fmsxml.excite.com
88.
edjunior
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
im jus a clutz *where* and *no negative*….lol…but he needs to also think bout his future and wether he gon be makin mor inspirational songs like this, yall are correct, i have to admit.
89.
hood_shit
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
Great song! Troubled artist!
90.
1DivineKiss
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
did r.kelly make a song when hurricane katrina hit?…..just wondering…
91.
foxxy380
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
42. mika… preach my sister! You always on point! I wonder if the haters think that Akon is a perv too? I haven’t seen the tapes and I don’t have enough information to make the call! Others seem so sure!
STOP IT Meatloaf!! Stop trying to compare Akon to Kelly. You can not compare the two. R Kelly has been doing this for years. And he has always gotten away with it. His own brother has even admitted that he had fooled around with his own nieces. And from what I have seen growing up, men who do that to their relatives also do it to their daughters if they have any. Kelly has 2 daughters that I wouldn’t doubt they are/were going through the same thing. When you get info on Akon doing the same thing, holla at me. R. Kelly is just sick!
92.
mika...
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
@ #90 yes he did…here’s the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFWfnhIHpvk
93.
lalita
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
Judgemental ? Talented ?
WTF are you people talking about ? He RAPED underage girls if that isnt the worst thing someone could ever do I dont know what is. But I sure as hell wouldnt want to be one of the children of the peopel who dont really give a fuck because he has talent
Child : Uncle Rob raped me
Mother : Thats sucks but Uncle Rob has a lot of money and is very talented so you just forget about it.
???????????????????????????????????
SMH Some people are so lost .
You need to have morals, so what is he sings great there are a million people who do to and dont do in appropiote things.
94.
Divine One
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
#86 If you gonna tell me to stopping judging R.Kelly then you can go back to all the other peeps who posted long before I did and tell them to stop judging…at least I did have mercy on him all the other previous post were way more brutal than mine…..everyone else is entitled to their opinion…and thoughts then I can post and say what I want!!!
95.
Poetic
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
@ 93 I ask you what does that have to do with this post?? Ya’ll radom as hell ! Yes, he had sex with an underage girl and he was dead wrong for that ,but this post dont have a damn thing to do with his “case”. Its about a great song he made for ppl who were affected by the tragedy of April,16th 2007 ,not about who have his back or not. Damn stay on topic !! SMH*** atleast he made a song for them and he will be donating the money to the hookie foundation.. I didnt see any other celebrity stepping up to the plate. Some ppl are just stuck n negative I tell you ! Damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
96.
*~*H-TOWNZ FINEST*~*
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
R.Kelly may be a rappist but he sher iz fine az hell. His face makes me horny.
97.
mika...
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
Foxxy I agree with you…there’s no comparison when it comes to Kellz and Akon. R. Kelly has a fetish for fucking young girls. That chick involved in the Akon situation snuck her hot ass in the club, so Akon had no idea she was 15…and he didn’t fuck her. There’s no cure for pedophiles but I hope R. Kelly is getting some type of treatment.
Having said that, I’m not in any position to judge him…I’ll leave that up to God. However, I would kill a muthafucka slowly if they laid a hand on MY kids.
98.
gaydar
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
He need to shut the hell up.
99.
Chanté
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
So when we say RKelly is a pedophile and sick perv who should be jailed instead of being free to make money with his music to pay his lawyers with that money and get away with his dirt, we’re too judgemental (which is not even judging but simply TELLING IT LIKE IT IS : he IS SICK, HE IS A PEDOPHILE), YET you’re judging the underage girls he messed with and Sparkle calling them bitches and hoes and tricks and sluts defending that sick bastard and that’s okay? Ok I get it now.
100.
foxxy380
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
@Mika
“Having said that, I’m not in any position to judge him…I’ll leave that up to God.”
I hear you! I understand that one day, he has to face God and deal with what he has done. That’s why I want him to fall on a knife. So he can speed up the process. One less pedophile parents and kids have to worry about.
“However, I would kill a muthafucka slowly if they laid a hand on MY kids.”
Now I DEFINITELY understand that. Cause Lord knows my heart and I am really a good person but I’ll kill a mofo dead if someone ever raped/molested my children. I will go to jail and even die for mine. Trust. I ain’t playing no games and no amount of money will EVER change my mind.
101.
lalita
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
@ 99
Im with ya on that one .
Some people just dont understand …
102.
cbacks
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
I am with thikaboutit@52:
I feel that R has some demons…he is capable of amazing uplifting songs…but he is drawn to doing filth. As we say in Bimshire, I hope brothuh man finally finds de Lord….. he is blessed with so much wasted talent….
103.
mizzlizz
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
R. Kelly is a sick motherfucker. I applaud him for trying to help out the victims of VTech, but it still doesn’t make up for the fact that he is indeed a fucking PEDOPHILE. He needs to go somewhere and sit the hell down.
Before anyone says anything like what have you done for them, I’ve helped raise money for their fund, and one of the victims was a cousin of a good friend of mine, so I’ve been here for her.
104.
ThinkAboutIt
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
We make a mistake when we judge people on their talents - it is their character that makes the difference in the long run.
And in the long run, He has got to answer for his…
105.
ThinkAboutIt
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
mika… said:
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Having said that, I’m not in any position to judge him…I’ll leave that up to God. However, I would kill a muthafucka slowly if they laid a hand on MY kids.
_________
Ain’t that the truth..
kill’em, resuscitate, and kill ‘em again.
106.
msfabolous
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
shut up r. kelly.
(throws tomatoes at the stage) booooooooo!!!!
107.
H-Town Chic***
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
@ Chante I agree with you this just a stunt. I can say I haven’t bought a RKelly CD since his little incident.
THE PEOPLE WHO DESERVES PROPS IS AMERICAN IDOL THEY RAISED 70 MILLION WHEN THEY DID THAT FUNDRAISER FOR KATRINA VICTUMS AND PEOPLE IN AFRICA!!!!
108.
msfabolous
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
@ #21 good point…
@#24…Ok, so what your basically saying is since he isn’t in jail ppl should just “let go” of what he did? And i’m gonna ask the same question ppl have asked before, if it was your daughter or niece that he molested would you say the same thing? Oh, and how do we know that he’s still not doing it? This fool was dumb enough to tape what he did so how do we know he isn’t dumb enough to keep doing it since he knows ppl are suspicious of him now?
109.
Lili
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
This nigga is the definition of PR (public relations). I swear. Black folks will prolly act a damn fool and be all over this song, forgetting the entire sex-tape 14-yr old girl scandal all over again.
Geez tho…do any of u care? I know I don’t.
110.
RNB^MJ
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
Please go away, R.Kelly.
111.
warrior princess
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
#8 Don’t bring Michael into this please. I hate when somebody got to bring Michael’s name into shit. Its like they always got MJ on the brain; hop off his lace-front. Dang, why is the INNOCENT brother (anyone who holds judgment until they hear the TRUTH and withholds any bias could see that clearly) getting all the flack but R.Kelly, the man who they got on TAPE didn’t get a .01% of what Michael Jackson has got over the last 2 years. Damn shame.
#34 - There were songs for the WTC attacks in 2001. You don’t remember “What’s Going On?” the Marvin Gaye remake and the Michael Jackson charity single “What more can I give?” both all star tributes?? They were pretty big. And the former had two versions with extra singers.
112.
BAM BAM
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
@ CHANTE (The Professtress of Black Scientifics)
YOU SCURR ME (IN A GOOD WAY!)
113.
TRISHA
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
OF COURSE, HE WOULD ADVISE SOMEONE TO ‘RISE UP’ CONSIDERING HE DID ‘RISE UP’ AGAINST THOSE PEDOPHILE ALLEGATIONS. GOLDEN SHOWER BASTARD.
114.
Mann.
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
Waht does tech need money for? y is it that when ever crisis strikes we always want to throw money at people. for the next 10 years tech will be the most finacially endowed school in the nation, mark it. excuse me if i sound insensitive… but what are they goign to do with all that money. things have been clean up, they have gone one… and money is still pouring in… FOR WHAT? think about it.
115.
Mr. Eff
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 /
Yall seem realy upset about R.Kelly..Like he’s the only celebrity that has demons..Shit,there’s probably shit your favorite celeb has done thats just as bad..Just cuz u havent seen it on a video,does that mean they’re not sick in the head ?? If that tape never surfaced,yall would be jammin,praisin R. Kelly like he was the best,not even knowin he had a thing for teenage girls..I don’t really buy any of his music,but he’s very talented.Can’t take that away from him
And if he made the song for “publicity” does that mean every other artist that hasn’t said 2 words about what happened,could care less ??
116.
sharonda
Thursday, May 3, 2007 /
everybody done their share of dirt kelz just got exposed.i didn’t like what he did (if he did it because he is innocent til proven guilty under the law) but under God he still is meant to be judge.i like his music.his personal life has nothing to do with me, but if he gone do that to underage girls then i can’t ride to him
117.
Bouga
Thursday, May 3, 2007 /
@ #78 Meatloaf
How are you my brother?
Yeah, I’m preserving my sexy like P. Diddy.
118.
Meatloaf
Thursday, May 3, 2007 /
Hold your hear up, Virginia Tech and hold your head up R. Kelly! God can heal anything!
119.
Ms.JayeL
Thursday, May 3, 2007 /
Yall steady bitchin about him having sex with a lil girl instead of giving him props for putting his issues aside and thinking about other people. Hell, that shit is in the past, so just get off it. Regardless of all that, he still makes great music and yall still on it so it really doesn’t matter now does it?
120.
kk
Thursday, May 3, 2007 /
yeah thats sad, a great artist with so many issues, I must agree he needs help on so many levels God help him cuz gees the brother sames careless
121.
.ice
Thursday, May 3, 2007 /
…and after “Rise Up”, he’ll go right back and make a song about sticking keys in ignitions, and raining on hoes… smh.. I can’t stand that SOB.. ugh
122.
Meatloaf
Thursday, May 3, 2007 /
114. Mann. asked: “…What does tech need money for?
======================================================
Increased security for one thing!
123.
B-Dub Da Magnificent
Thursday, May 3, 2007 /
R. KELLY & USHER HAVE A NEW SONG TOGETHER.
LISTEN TO IT HERE: http://www.theurbantwist....ICLE/1328/2007-05-03.html
124.
B-Dub Da Magnificent
Thursday, May 3, 2007 /
SPEAKING OF USHER….R.KELLY & USHER HAVE NEW SONG TOGETHER.
CHECK IT OUT HERE: http://www.theurbantwist....ICLE/1328/2007-05-03.html
125.
DivaKai
Thursday, May 3, 2007 /
I think that his intent for doing this may have been good,but he needs to seek some help and guidance to conquer his own demons.He is a very talented but troubled man! GET HELP R KELLY!
126.
LordCartus
Tuesday, May 8, 2007 /
sometimes,is very funny when i read some comments.Is a shame all u fools r hating…which one of u has not sin b4 should cast the first stone.u all hatin cos the man is not fuckin ur asses.u all should fuck off and shut ur sad ugly faces.U fools r treatin him as if he’s a super human being…and shouldn’t make no mistake in life.all sins r equal,b4 u start dissin some talented man,u fools should ask urselves if u had not sin b4.u ain’t got no talent out there ,u should be worshippin R kelly.and them dudes that diss him,u wish it was u fuckin that girl…weather she’s 14/15/ or 20…u fools should hush!!!
127.
LordCartus
Tuesday, May 8, 2007 /
leave his private life alone,foooooolssssss!!!if someone sings abt bump n grind ,sex in the kitchen,is there a law in heaven that says that person can’t sing touchin and inspiration song???u fools and tramps need a reality check.Leave the most talented artiste on earth alone,fools
128.
Gay Blown
Tuesday, June 5, 2007 /
Looks great! I found lots of intresting things here. Please more updates.
129.
Grace
Tuesday, September 4, 2007 /
Can some write this song down for me please. Am a great fan for R.Kelly
130.
IceDoll
Wednesday, September 5, 2007 /
MOST of you broke-ass haters need to SIT DOWN, QUIT TALKIN’ THAT SHENANIGAN BULLSHIT, SHUT THE FUCK UP, AND GET A MOTHERFUCKIN’ LIFE! JEALOUS, IGNORANT- ASS BASTARDS!
131.
anonymous
Wednesday, September 5, 2007 /
Yo, Haters! Stick with the damn subject and stop runnin’ off at the mouth with that crapy-ass shit! Rise Up is a song about healin’. It has a good message to it, and I like it. This ain’t got NOTHIN’ TO DO WITH HIS DAMN, PERSONAL LIFE! Some of you asses think that your life is so fuckin’ perfect, which is not! Nobody’s not perfect at all. You keep sayin’, “He’s a child molester! He’s a pedophile! He’s this, ans he’s that!” He’s not NONE of that shit! He’s a damn, good musical genius! That’s what he is all about. Personally, YOU DON’T KNOW A GODDMAN THING ABOUT R. KELLY’S PERSONAL LIFE BECAUSE YOU DON’T LIVE IN HIS HOUSE (of course, I DON’T EITHER because I love & care about him through his music)! You comin’ up in here yippin’ and yappin’ the WRONG shit out of your mouth to make yourselves look good and make other people look bad. In reality, Kellz ain’t hearing your bullshit! What are you hatin’ for? Go find somebody else to hate on! If you don’t like the man, then godammit, KEEP THAT SHIT TO YOURSELVES! ‘Cause the more you hate, the stronger that person will be. Think about it!
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