R. Kelly News

Prosecution testimony from a pediatrician has been ruled inadmissible in the Chicago child pornography case against U.S. singer R. Kelly. via Daily India

“My granddaddy was very old-fashioned”

Terius "The Dream" Nash has already co-written two of the year's biggest hits - Rihanna's Umbrella and J. Holiday's Bed - and he's hoping a third will make him a household name. via USA Today

“So I thought for a minute and said no/

I wasn't even gonna do a damned show./

Cos for me to change my words from my rhymes/

is never gonna happen/

Cos there's no sellouts on mine.”

T.I., meet Jerry Lee.

T.I., you're charged with buying three machine guns and two silencers in Atlanta on the same day you were to perform at the BET Hip-Hop Awards. You're supposed to do a concert at the Fountain City Classic on Nov. 3, but right now you're in a federal lockup.

Jerry Lee Lewis, there was a whole lot of marrying going on. You married your 13-year-old cousin in 1958 and you weren't even divorced from your first wife -- the woman you married when you were 15. Forty-nine years ago today you were in Columbus. Read more

The prolific Bonnie "Prince" Billy returns to delight and intrigue with Ask Forgiveness set for release in the U.K. on the November 19 through Domino Records . via JamBase

Expect to see a lot of R. Kelly's this Hallow's Eve? Or maybe you think the Trapped In The Closet fun's all played out? Oh, shit. via Stereogum

So there we were, me and God, having a tug of war over a trampoline. High winds are an act of God, right? So I feel entitled to take personally the wee contest we had in our backyard about 6.30am yesterday. via Southland Times On Line.

“Am I Demon', Bjork's 'I've Seen It All”

Will Oldham is planning on throwing three covers on his next eight track album . via Undercover

“There is not only a savings in doing that, but it is also tax-free.”

R&B singer R Kelly is the top-selling artist among personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan this year, according to the Army and Air Force Exchange Service. via Stars and Stripes

Hailed as the "new voice of ghetto soul" and acknowledged as the first act signed to NBA great %Magic Johnson's Magic Johnson Music, Cleveland native Avant celebrated the MCA Records release of his debut album, ... via 101.1 The Beat Jamz WUBT-FM

“The 'Double Up' Tour is going to be one of the biggest productions in the course of R. Kelly's career, so understandably there's a great deal of anticipation and much to look forward to”

To no one's surprise, R. Kelly won't be in court this holiday season. Instead, the multi-platinum selling R&B dynamo will be taking his show on the road and bumping and grinding in cities across the country. via Black Voices

“The ticks turn into tocks and the tocks turn into ticks”

R&B singer R Kelly reminds me of the African Nation Congress deputy president, Jacob Zuma. via Business Day

Now that he has plenty of time on his hands while his kiddie-porn trial is delayed yet again, R. Kelly has decided to hit the road. via The Elements

R. Kellys twisted taste _ most recently seen in his "Trapped in the Closet" campfest _ could be front and center on his upcoming U.S. concert tour. via My Mother Lode

Click here to watch R. Kelly's video "The World's Greatest" He denied he was going on tour in August, but it looks like R. Kelly has changed his mind. via KNST-AM Tucson

R. Kelly to begin tour in Columbus By Sandra Okamoto - sokamoto@ledger-enquirer.com -- R. Kelly's "Double Up Tour" comes to the Columbus Civic Center, 400 Fourth St., on Nov. via Columbus Ledger-Enquirer