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Hat tip to HighJive. Someone please make Kelly shut up. “Embattled R&B singer R. Kelly compared himself to Muhammad Ali, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley and even Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a magazine interview”
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- May 19th, 2007 at 5:18 am
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- Racialicious is a blog about the intersection of race and pop culture. Check out our daily updates on the latest celebrity gaffes, our no-holds-barred critique of questionable media representations, and of course, the inevitable Keanu Reeves newsflashes.
georgia wrote:
Shouldn’t R Kelly be in prison?
Posted 19 May 2007 at 10:58 am ¶
Angel H. wrote:
When was the last time any of those men were videotaped pissing on a little girl??
…dumbass.
Posted 19 May 2007 at 11:56 am ¶
brad wrote:
Why is this man still celebrated? If my Jackson can be shunned, why not this goober?
Yeah, innocent until proven guilty; but how has Kelly made the sacrifices that King or Ali made? How has Kelly advanced the cause of human rights?
Twenty years from now, who is going to be listening to Kelly with the same adoration as is given to either Marvin or Bob.
Posted 20 May 2007 at 12:07 am ¶
Koko wrote:
Someone please call Dateline on this fool!
Posted 20 May 2007 at 8:36 am ¶
deb wrote:
For real. Where’s Chris Hansen when you need him?
Posted 21 May 2007 at 9:34 am ¶
bgwqlc wrote:
Can you say “delusions of grandeur”?
Posted 21 May 2007 at 10:18 am ¶
deb wrote:
What do you expect from someone who believes he can fly?
Posted 21 May 2007 at 12:07 pm ¶
s wrote:
Fire Imus, but keeping buying R Kelly’s albums. That makes a lot of sense.
Why is this pedophile still around? Even if he didn’t piss on the girl, there are far too many other stories of his actions with minors. He should be prosectued by now, not running around comparing himself to someone who put his life on the line so black people could be treated equally. I don’t care what the context of the quote was, it should have been said FROM JAIL!
Posted 21 May 2007 at 8:49 pm ¶
Eun-jung wrote:
Ha! I love Angel’s response….
Oh R.Kelly… yes… the one who brought wedding bells ringing all over the place with the romantic tunes of:
“You remind me of my Jeep; I wanna ride it
Something like my sounds, I wanna pump it
Girl you look just like my cars; I wanna wax it
And something like my bank account, I wanna spend it”
Oh yes…oh yes R. Kelly… you know your lyrics are inspiration of the world of brotherly love and civil rights for all mankind, like the brilliant Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (You know, as long as you remove the negative connotations towards women, and the objectification of women’s bodies as a sexual oriface. …yeeeeah, you might wanna get rid of those kiddy porn charges against you, too. And rid yourself of the past five or six years worth of music videos where you have girls “droppin’ it like it’s hot” and slamming their bodies into your crotch.)
Posted 22 May 2007 at 7:02 am ¶