Erykah Badu Feuds With “Surviving R. Kelly” Producer, Denies That She Was Asked to Participate

23.01.2019

Today, after offering a “prayer” for R. Kelly throughout a live performance in Chicago on Saturday, Erykah Badu took to Twitter to disclaim stories that she refused to appear in Lifetime’s latest docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly.” “That’s not true. I’ve never worked with him, don’t know him personally, and was never asked to be a part of the documentary,” she tweeted.

dream hampton—the collection producer who beforehand claimed that Badu was requested to take part—confronted Badu, asserting that the artist was requested to be within the documentary on account of her reward of Kelly on the 2015 Soul Train Awards. As the award present host, Badu launched Kelly to the stage for his efficiency as her “brother” and mentioned he “has done more for black people than anyone.”

Badu responded to hampton, “I WAS NOT EVER contacted by anyone to be in [the] documentary.” She then demanded an apology from the producer. hampton responded to the demand by reiterating Badu’s 2015 remarks and claiming that Badu was certainly requested to seem within the docuseries by way of a collection of textual content messages. “And no, I’m not producing Tina Farris’s texts to you.” See the tweets under.

Over the weekend, Badu gave a mid-concert speech about “puttin’ up a prayer” for R. Kelly, who has been dealing with the results of long-standing abuse allegations up to now a number of months. Badu later addressed the backlash she acquired from the onstage feedback on Twitter: “I love you. Unconditionally. That doesn’t mean I support your poor choices.”

“Surviving R. Kelly” featured interviews with ladies who’ve accused Kelly of abuse, together with his ex-wife Andrea Kelly and Kitti Jones, in addition to musicians like Chance the Rapper. Since it aired, Phoenix and Lady Gaga have apologized for working with Kelly up to now; each Gaga and Celine Dion have eliminated their Kelly collaborations from streaming providers. R. Kelly not too long ago denied all allegations of sexual misconduct involving ladies and underage women. He’s been dropped from Sony Music and RCA.