R+Kelly


 * Celebrity "sin"
 * Celebrity background
 * Backlash
 * Public perception
 * Repercussions
 * Aftermath (reintegration back into society?)
 * Sources: Magazine or Newspaper; Website and/or blog; Youtube video/interview; Personal interviews (minimum 2: expert and friend/family)
 * Notes/Recent findings (add to this AT LEast every time your group meets)
 * Letter assigned for conclusion
 * MLA Sources
 * Questions for Ms. Lewis

- He urinated on someone and she was underage. He also possessed 21 accounts of child pornography - He was a really famous R&B singer - people were obviously was looked down upon - He was a sick person that liked little kids - not as many people listen to him anymore. His actions clearly influenced some people to think that he was a creep and a bad person overall."There's a feeling in the (African-American) community that we don't like to air our dirty laundry, that black men in general are persecuted."-Cori Murray, entertainment director of //Essence// magazine. repercussions -dropped charges laid low for a while after the charges in 2002 after a video released of him urinating and have sex with a 14 year old girl, in June 2003 there was 21 accounts of child pornography. He does still have a dedicated group of fans though, he was greeted by a crowd of them after he left the courtroom "What might prove more difficult is building upon his fan base. Kelly, 41, still has adult fans, but "I don't hear the buzz on R. Kelly with the youth," says Elroy R.C. Smith, operations director of Radio One-Philadelphia. Kelly has reached younger audiences with remixes of Mariah Carey's //Touch My Body// and Raheem DeVaughn's //Customer//, but new single //Hair Braider// has fallen flat."--aftermath -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/14/arts/music/14kell.html http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2008-06-12-rkelly-career_N.htm

Letter we assigned to him will be a P that indicates Child pornography and rape

Hes won numerous awards despite the fact that he was accused of the crimes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly#Awards