White people didn't watch Chapelle's Show when it first premiered. We all work hard to get black celebrities to where they are going we pay our money. You see any white people in the audience? Yeah, the police are there checking up on all the black people. Kelly's or Bill Cosby's or Chris Rock's old shows. I saw Dave Chapelle's special, not the whole thing, but clips of it, and there ain't nothing but black people in the whole damn audience. Don't you get it yet? All these wonderful things that black celebrities are doing now would not even be popular if it were not for you! You make black celebrities they just reap the benefits. If you are black and you are reading this, you are already so impressive because your family was likely stolen from their original country and sentenced to hard labor and no formal education, yet here you are reading this article, sitting in a nice house in the wealthiest nation in the world. I also do it to let black people know that they do not have to live vicariously through these people. That is why I make episodes like this, to let you know that being critical of wealthy black people does not make you any less black than any other black person on the planet. Hell, some of us choose not to go to church specifically because we ain't worshiping no one, white or black. There are many black people like me who worship no one. But the reality is much more complicated. Black celebrities are, for some reason, often viewed as leaders of the black community, pillars of hope and righteousness and the black American way that we should all aspire to be right now before some old grumpy black parent figure comes along and beats us with a switch. The answer is the black celebrity appeal. Kelly manage to stay so famous for such a long period of time. All of these references to young girls, children, secrecy and outright lies. The term pied piper is also defined as someone who induces others to follow or imitate him by means of false or extravagant promises." (BET). However, after the town reneged on their promise to pay the pied piper for his services, he led all the children away with his music, never to be seen again, just as he did the rats. For those unfamiliar with the tale, legend has it that the town of Hamelin, Germany, sought the pied piper's help during a rat infestation in 1284. Kelly has come to be known as the “Pied Piper of R&B,” the true origin of the moniker is quite disturbing. But it's all just cancel culture, right? BET is out to get black people that they have given awards to because.they want to lose money or something? This cancel culture thing gets pretty complicated and expensive I guess. To set the record straight, age is, in fact, more than a number." (BET). It's now clear as day that the album's title track, which was written by Kelly, was an ode to his love for underage women. Kelly executive producing Aaliyah's debut studio album, not to mention being featured lurking in the cut of the album's cover. Kelly Has Said and Done" and BET will cosign anything any black person with a lot of money does, so you know I am pulling punches here.
I'm sourcing BET here from an article they wrote called, "Eleven Questionable Things R. Kelly has said and done throughout his career.
Just take a quick look at some of the crazy ass things R. Kelly, there is just too much information to squeeze into one podcast episode. I had to break this one up into a two part episode because, well, when you are talking about a personality as big, loud and proud as R.