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.

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 a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media →
birthName	Robert Sylvester Kelly →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1967-01-08 →
ethnicGroup	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	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 → Step in the Name of Love → 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: Chapters 13-22 → 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 (annulled marriage) → Andrea Kelly →
vocalType	baritone →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
I Look to You → I Remember Me → JHUD → Where You At →	producer
Doggumentary → JHUD → Life After Death →	featuresArtist
Aaliyah → Celine Dion →	associatedAct
Isaac Hayes → Marvin Gaye →	influenced
R. Kelly →	alsoKnownAs
Tha Blue Carpet Treatment →	featuredArtist
Cruel Summer →	hasArtist
The Weeknd →	influencedBy
Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth →	topic
Where You At →	writer