His mother, Joanne, was a schoolteacher and devout Baptist. He has five siblings (three of which are half), two older sisters and brother, along with a younger brother and sister.

Robert Sylvester Kelly was born on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, on Janu at Chicago Lying-In Hospital (now University of Chicago Medical Center) in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood. He continues to challenge his two convictions. Īs of February 2023, Kelly is an inmate of Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago. With a mixture of two judges' concurrent and consecutive sentences, Kelly will serve a total of 31 years imprisonment. A 2022 trial in Chicago federal court convicted Kelly for three child pornography charges and three charges of enticing a minor. A 2021 trial in Brooklyn federal court convicted Kelly for violations of the Mann Act and racketeering. Law enforcement in multiple jurisdictions pursued new criminal cases against Kelly, resulting in his arrest on July 2019 and subsequent imprisonment. Backlash led RCA Records to terminate their contract with Kelly. Kelly reexamined accusations of Kelly's sexual misconduct with minors. The 2019 documentary television series Surviving R.

The resulting 2008 trial failed to convict him. Videos of Kelly led the Cook County State's Attorney to prosecute him for child pornography. Investigations by law enforcement and journalists revealed that Kelly used his fame to seek out young fans, including minors, for sexual gratification. Critics dubbed him 'the King of R&B' while he billed himself the ' Pied Piper of R&B'.

He won three Grammys for his song ' I Believe I Can Fly', and was also nominated for his song ' You Are Not Alone' recorded by Michael Jackson. Kelly enjoyed commercial success over his recording career and sold over 75 million records worldwide. Kelly' is an American former recording artist, federal convict, and repeat sex offender. Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967) commonly known as ' R.

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