R. Kelly

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R&B musician human record producer singer songwriter

R. Kelly is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer known for his influential 1990s and 2000s hits as well as his later criminal convictions for sexual abuse.

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Label	Occurrences
R. Kelly canonical	210
R. Kelly and Public Announcement	2

Statements (91)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	R&B musician ⓘ human ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart	late 1980s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	R. Kelly ⓘ The King of R&B ⓘ
associatedAct	Aaliyah ⓘ Celine Dion ⓘ Jay-Z ⓘ Michael Jackson ⓘ Public Announcement ⓘ Ronald Isley ⓘ Sparkle ⓘ The Isley Brothers ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ Grammy Award for Best R&B Song ⓘ Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
birthName	Robert Sylvester Kelly ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1967-01-08 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Kelly ⓘ
genre	R&B ⓘ gospel ⓘ hip hop ⓘ soul ⓘ
givenName	Robert ⓘ
influencedGenre	R&B of the 1990s and 2000s ⓘ
instrument	keyboard ⓘ piano ⓘ vocals ⓘ
legalIssue	faced federal charges related to racketeering and sex trafficking ⓘ faced multiple allegations of sexual abuse ⓘ faced state-level criminal charges related to sexual abuse ⓘ was convicted of child pornography and enticement charges in a separate federal case ⓘ was convicted on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges ⓘ
maritalStatus	divorced ⓘ
movement	R&B ⓘ surface form: contemporary R&B
notableAchievement	became one of the best-selling R&B artists of the 1990s ⓘ produced songs for other artists ⓘ wrote and produced "I Believe I Can Fly" ⓘ
notableEvent	subject of the documentary series "Surviving R. Kelly" ⓘ
notableWork	12 Play ⓘ Black Panties ⓘ Bump n' Grind ⓘ Bump, Bump, Bump ⓘ Chocolate Factory ⓘ Double Up ⓘ Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) ⓘ Fiesta (Remix) ⓘ Gotham City ⓘ Happy People ⓘ Happy People/U Saved Me ⓘ I Believe I Can Fly ⓘ I Believe I Can Fly (Space Jam soundtrack) ⓘ I Wish ⓘ If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time ⓘ Ignition (Remix) ⓘ Love Letter ⓘ R. (album) ⓘ R. Kelly (1995 album) ⓘ Same Girl ⓘ Snake Rag ⓘ surface form: Snake Step in the Name of Love ⓘ Step in the Name of Love ⓘ surface form: Step in the Name of Love (Remix) TP-2.com ⓘ The Buffet ⓘ The Storm Is Over Now ⓘ The World's Greatest ⓘ Thoia Thoing ⓘ Trapped in the Closet ⓘ Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12 ⓘ Trapped in the Closet ⓘ surface form: Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22 Trapped in the Closet ⓘ surface form: Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33 When a Woman's Fed Up ⓘ Write Me Back ⓘ You Remind Me of Something ⓘ Your Body's Callin' ⓘ
numberOfChildren	3 ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ music arranger ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
spouse	Aaliyah ⓘ surface form: Aaliyah (annulled marriage) Andrea Kelly ⓘ
vocalType	baritone ⓘ

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I Look to You → producer → R. Kelly ⓘ

Life After Death → featuresArtist → R. Kelly ⓘ

JHUD → producer → R. Kelly ⓘ

JHUD → featuresArtist → R. Kelly ⓘ

Celine Dion → associatedAct → R. Kelly ⓘ

I Remember Me → producer → R. Kelly ⓘ

Where You At → writer → R. Kelly ⓘ

Where You At → producer → R. Kelly ⓘ

Cruel Summer → hasArtist → R. Kelly ⓘ

Marvin Gaye → influenced → R. Kelly ⓘ

The Weeknd → influencedBy → R. Kelly ⓘ

Aaliyah → associatedAct → R. Kelly ⓘ

R. Kelly → alsoKnownAs → R. Kelly ⓘ

Tha Blue Carpet Treatment → featuredArtist → R. Kelly ⓘ

Doggumentary → featuresArtist → R. Kelly ⓘ

Isaac Hayes → influenced → R. Kelly ⓘ

Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth → topic → R. Kelly ⓘ

Jive Records → notableArtist → R. Kelly ⓘ

I’m Your Angel → performer → R. Kelly ⓘ

subject surface form: I'm Your Angel

I’m Your Angel → writer → R. Kelly ⓘ

subject surface form: I'm Your Angel

I’m Your Angel → composer → R. Kelly ⓘ

subject surface form: I'm Your Angel

I’m Your Angel → producer → R. Kelly ⓘ

subject surface form: I'm Your Angel

Trackmasters → notableWorkForArtist → R. Kelly ⓘ

One Man Band Man → featuresArtist → R. Kelly ⓘ

Fally Ipupa → associatedAct → R. Kelly ⓘ

To the World → performer → R. Kelly ⓘ

To the World → writer → R. Kelly ⓘ

To the World → featuresVocalist → R. Kelly ⓘ

To the World → featuresSungVocalsBy → R. Kelly ⓘ

In the Zone → producer → R. Kelly ⓘ

HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I → producer → R. Kelly ⓘ

Invincible (album) → producer → R. Kelly ⓘ

subject surface form: Invincible

Sparkle (2012 film) → musicBy → R. Kelly ⓘ

Detail → hasCollaboratedWith → R. Kelly ⓘ

Gone till November → featuresArtist → R. Kelly ⓘ

album "Share My World" → producer → R. Kelly ⓘ

subject surface form: Share My World

Kelly Price → hasWorkedWith → R. Kelly ⓘ

Syleena Johnson → collaboratedWith → R. Kelly ⓘ

7 Aurelius → associatedAct → R. Kelly ⓘ

Abel M. Tesfaye → influencedBy → R. Kelly ⓘ

Charlie Wilson → associatedAct → R. Kelly ⓘ

Andrea Kelly → spouse → R. Kelly ⓘ

Andrea Kelly → hasRelative → R. Kelly ⓘ

Back & Forth → writer → R. Kelly ⓘ

Back & Forth → producer → R. Kelly ⓘ

Back & Forth → associatedAct → R. Kelly ⓘ

Age Ain't Nothing but a Number → producer → R. Kelly ⓘ

Age Ain't Nothing but a Number → mainProducer → R. Kelly ⓘ

Age Ain't Nothing but a Number → musicDirector → R. Kelly ⓘ

Age Ain't Nothing but a Number → songwriter → R. Kelly ⓘ