I’ve already been asked to submit my questions, none of which, of course, must mention his ongoing legal situation relating to the 14 counts of child pornography that he was first charged with back in 2002. Kelly affair, in the vein of ‘Heaven I Need a Hug’ and ‘I Believe I Can Fly’: “We will cry together, we’ll fight this together/ We’ll be strong together, stand together, pray together.†And so on.Īnyway, after a couple more tries, I finally make it to Chi-Town, the city where he was born, raised and continues to reside today. The result, out this August, was ‘Rise Up’ a typically schmaltzy key-changing R. However, halfway between his hometown of Chicago and Sin City, he heard about the Virginia Tech massacre and was compelled to turn the bus round so he could go back home and write a song. Both Kelly and I had been en-route to Las Vegas where he was to attend an international press junket, host a playback of his new album ‘Double Up’ and perform at a conference for his record label bosses. The first time we’re supposed to convene, after several proposed dates have already been postponed - I’m literally about to board the plane at Gatwick when the phone call comes - “It’s off,†I’m told. “I do hate to do interviews,†he tells me later when we finally meet. God help any crazy stalker with intentions to get to R Kelly they’d have their work cut out. This man has more schedule changes than a low-cost airline bound for Ibiza.
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