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Jan 28, 2010
R.Kelly turned 43 on January 8 and shares a birthday with Jamaican Ragga artiste, Sean Paul.
R.Kelly turned 43 on January 8 and shares a birthday with Jamaican Ragga artiste, Sean Paul.
He is the third born of four children born to an absentee father. They were in Chicago by their mother, Joanne Kelly.
R.Kelly began singing in the church choir at the age of eight. As a teenager, he won his High School’s Talent Contest, singing Stevie Wonder’s Ribbon In The Sky
He went to, Kenwood Academy, just like 1970s diva Chaka Khan and rapper, Da Brat.
After attending Kenwood Academy, he started performing on the streets with his electronic guitar. One afternoon, he collected $400 (about sh800,000) from playing and singing under Chicago’s elevated railroad tracks.
In the 1990s, he garnered more top 10 singles than any other male solo artiste of that decade in America. He had 15 top 10 singles and is the 40th best selling artiste of all time.
He has written and produced songs for Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Gladys Knight, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross and Toni Braxton among others.
He wrote Michael Jackson's hit,You Are Not Alone.
In 2003, two of his albums hit the number one spot on the Billboard charts within the same year.
In June 2002, he was indited for 21 counts of having sex with a minor and child ponorgraphy, sparking a legal battle. He was tried six years later.
However, on June 13, 2008, a Chicago jury found R. Kelly not guilty of all charges.
He first performed in Africa in June last year, in South Africa and Nigeria. He is going to perform for the first time in East and Central Africa.
He frequently wears basketball jerseys with the number 12 to commemorate his groundbreaking album — 12 Play.
His mother died of cancer in 1993.
In 1997, he publicly announced his full-time commitment to the Christianity.
He played professional basketball for Atlantic City Seagulls for over a full eight-week season in the summer of 1997.
In 1996, he married Andrea Lee, a dancer from his tour. Together, they had two daughters and a son. They divorced on January 8, 2009.
He has a phobia for flying and has previously used boats to tour far off places like Europe.
He is the third born of four children born to an absentee father. They were in Chicago by their mother, Joanne Kelly.
R.Kelly began singing in the church choir at the age of eight. As a teenager, he won his High School’s Talent Contest, singing Stevie Wonder’s Ribbon In The Sky
He went to, Kenwood Academy, just like 1970s diva Chaka Khan and rapper, Da Brat.
After attending Kenwood Academy, he started performing on the streets with his electronic guitar. One afternoon, he collected $400 (about sh800,000) from playing and singing under Chicago’s elevated railroad tracks.
In the 1990s, he garnered more top 10 singles than any other male solo artiste of that decade in America. He had 15 top 10 singles and is the 40th best selling artiste of all time.
He has written and produced songs for Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Gladys Knight, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross and Toni Braxton among others.
He wrote Michael Jackson's hit,You Are Not Alone.
In 2003, two of his albums hit the number one spot on the Billboard charts within the same year.
In June 2002, he was indited for 21 counts of having sex with a minor and child ponorgraphy, sparking a legal battle. He was tried six years later.
However, on June 13, 2008, a Chicago jury found R. Kelly not guilty of all charges.
He first performed in Africa in June last year, in South Africa and Nigeria. He is going to perform for the first time in East and Central Africa.
He frequently wears basketball jerseys with the number 12 to commemorate his groundbreaking album — 12 Play.
His mother died of cancer in 1993.
In 1997, he publicly announced his full-time commitment to the Christianity.
He played professional basketball for Atlantic City Seagulls for over a full eight-week season in the summer of 1997.
In 1996, he married Andrea Lee, a dancer from his tour. Together, they had two daughters and a son. They divorced on January 8, 2009.
He has a phobia for flying and has previously used boats to tour far off places like Europe.