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Your R. Kelly's-been-acquitted Mixtapenew

It's become reasonable to suspect that if you're rich enough or famous enough, there's little you can be put in prison for. Combine the two, and you couldn't be convicted if you wanted to -- even if you committed your crime on videotape.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Brian McManus  |  06-23-2008  |  Music

Why Jim DeRogatis Pleaded the Fifth in the R. Kelly Trialnew

What possible crime could the Chicago Sun-Times music critic have been concealing when he repeatedly -- 15 times in all -- answered questions put to him in court by invoking his constitutional protection against self-incrimination?
Chicago Reader  |  Michael Miner  |  06-16-2008  |  Music

R. Kelly: The Chameleonnew

If the past seven years of Kelly's career have been like one long test-marketing campaign, then Double Up is the focus-grouped result.
Chicago Reader  |  Miles Raymer  |  06-11-2007  |  Reviews

Feel This Mannew

If you think R. Kelly is anything less than the greatest recording artist alive, you're wrong!
Houston Press  |  Brian McManus  |  03-13-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

Battle Rappersnew

Rarely do we get to commend MCs' acting chops, but Phonte and Big Pooh deserve an Emmy for their spoof of "Cheatin'."
Baltimore City Paper  |  Makkada B. Selah  |  10-07-2005  |  Reviews

The Case of the Closetnew

R. Kelly gets crazy in his longest sonic soap opera yet.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Johnny Ray Huston  |  07-13-2005  |  Reviews

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