Will R. Kelly's LEGACY Ever Recover?

[Natural Born Sinners]

Fiesta remix ain't going nowhere for me. But yea, openly praising Kelly is over to the public. You ain't gon see other artists or networks showing dude love

 

[Whatevathehell]

Think of all the people who continued to work with him..... Even after they found out about Aaliyah.

saw some doc where it said R Kelly was fucking her mom in another room while she was sleep in another room...but he gets all the blame..


cant blame the dope man for child's addiction if you gave em their first hit

 

[grYmes]

Nope. His music will be celebrated after he dies of course but all this fuckery he’s done will always cloud his legacy.

 

[BlackRain]

It’s always funny to me when I hear people say they’ll never listen to R. Kelly again to the point they won’t even mention his name, but then turn right around and say how much they love Marvin Gaye.

A lot of the canceling of R. Kelly I think is performative and it’s still a lot of closet fans. Anyone I’ve asked in real life says they still listen to him.

Most people have no clue the shit Marvin Gaye was involved in. People know R. Kelly was writing and singing sex songs about teenage girls. It's not hard to see why someone wouldn't wanna listen to a nigga singing about how "my minds telling me no but my body is telling me yes" when we know that song is about a child.

 

[ZMaKEa]

How tarnished though? Would a song like I believe I can fly get any play? Could another artist even cover a Kelly song? or even mention that he inspired them?

Nobody is touching anything to do with R.Kelly for at least 100 years.

The truth about R.Kelly is this: People who really wanna know if he was a POS, found out he was a POS at least 14 to 16 years ago when the tape dropped.

When his victim didn't testify and he got acquitted, everybody got a free pass to listen and praise R. Kelly, despite knowing he was caught on tape.

Nobody is getting a free pass anymore. R.Kelly was caught on tape, his sex life was revealed, everybody that was around him for all these years, knows he was a creep.

R.Kelly as a public figure is done, nobody will mention R.Kelly until he dies. His influence as an artist is monumental and it's obvious in an artist like the Weeknd.

 

[Soul_Rattler]

I'm never going to argue with someone who chooses not to listen to his music because he's a pedophile. If there was any reason outside of personal taste, that would be it.

I'd just like to point out that by putting on a "stop listening to that pedo!!!!!" performance, chances are you do at least 5 things a day that someone would say is just as bad. Do you wear clothes that were made in sweat shops? Do you shop with that overcharge impoverished communities and underpay employees? Does your bank practice predatory and discriminatory loaning? Which religion do you subscribe to? Which political party did you vote for? Etc.... but you draw the moral line at R. Kelly's music? Aw aight then

 

[Loquacious]

I have separated the artist and the person. I still listen to his music but I don’t think that condone any of the sick shit he has done. His legacy is cemented, the man was a musical great who unfortunately was a sick individual.

his legacy ain’t tarnished because it was already set in stone. However, his name will forever be mentioned with pedo shortly after. I also don’t think people will ever forget how great of an artist he was either. It’s a bittersweet thing.

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

I’m trying to find that thread where niggas talking bout I can never listen to him and Fabolous anymore lol

 

[Rainbowdildobuttmonkey]

 

[Rickyrich]

i dont think that nigga broke i think put his money somewhere else

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

i dont think that nigga broke i think put his money somewhere else

Moved his shit in case he gets sued and loses

 

[Race Jones]

yall act like bump and grind healed the nation

fuck them songs

 

[IP360]

I put him in the same category as MJ.

Folks condone their actions...but let one of their songs drop during a party. Folks are still gonna get their boogey on.

 

[Chi-Town B]

Will forever be the king of R&B, his music is timeless. He's a piece of shit person but one of the best at making songs.

 

[RozayTabernacle]

I put him in the same category as MJ.

Folks condone their actions...but let one of their songs drop during a party. Folks are still gonna get their boogey on.

ehh I don't think it's the same. MJ wasn't as sexual in his music as R Kelly was, and it technically hasn't been proven that he did anything wrong. Can't say the same for Mr "I'm fighting for my life!"

 

[Qawshun]

I have no problem listening to dude 1st 4 albums I think. I can't remember every lp. But but what inspired the song doesn't cross my mind when I listen to music. What I'M doing or going through is what's on MY MIND.

 

[IP360]

ehh I don't think it's the same. MJ wasn't as sexual in his music as R Kelly was, and it technically hasn't been proven that he did anything wrong. Can't say the same for Mr "I'm fighting for my life!"

I wasn't comparing sexual content in their music. And some folks still think MJ is pedo...despite any of them allegations being true.

Knowing all of this...MJ's still get played like R.Kelly

 

[King Freeman]

I'm talking specifically about his legacy and not whether or not he'll ever be relevant again or have another hit.

So do y'all think people will ever be able to look back at his classics and appreciate them? or are they forever tarnished?

Not for me. We knew who that nigga was when they dropped the video for aaliyah back n forth. I remember my sister and brother talking about the rumors. We all laughed when dave Chappelle made "piss on you" and continued to jam to his songs during club let outs for years. No one gave a fuck. I can't pretend to now. If he's guilty then he is where he is supposed to be. Nothing else is my concern. Certainly not about to waste my time pretending not to know some of his songs by heart or act like I don't enjoy them still. It is what it is.

People can pretend they don't fuck with his classics but a bop is bop. A slap is a slap. A hit will always be a hit.

I will never not buss a two step if step in the name of love cuts on.



Play that shit at my wake nigga. Fuck is yall talking bout.

 

[Young]

No idea how MJ keeps getting lumped with R.Kelly. There is plenty of evidence out there that MJ was innocent of all allegations. That fictional Gayle/Oprah propped documentary was proven false. The two involved both had their cases thrown out (as recently as within the last 2 weeks) for the third time. The FBI surveillance lasted for more than 10 years and they found nothing. All of this is readily available. This era of misinformation leading the way is wild.

As for R.Kelly, I haven't sought out his music but I don't change it if it comes on. I'm also a proponent of separating the artist from the art because if I didn't, I don't know who I would ever be able to listen to or watch.

 

[BlackRain]

100

I separate the artist from the person because it's just entertainment at the end of the day.

I still think MJ is guilty af but I loooooove his music and will still buss a moonwalk and do the dance to Thriller.

It's hard for some to do that when the artist was so open about his actual life inspiring so much of the music.