Erykah Badu took a second throughout her live performance final evening on the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago to say she’s “puttin’ up a prayer right now” for R. Kelly, TMZ points out. “I hope he sees the light of day if he’s done all those things that we’ve seen on TV and heard those ladies talk about,” she mentioned within the under video. “I hope he sees the light of day and comes forward.” She obtained a blended response from the viewers; each cheers and boos will be heard from the gang.
“But y’all say ‘fuck it!’ See, that’s not love. That’s not unconditional. But what if one of the people that was assaulted by R. Kelly grows up to be an offender, we gonna crucify them? I mean how do we do this? Just something to think about.”
“They ’bout to R. Kelly me to death on the internet, I’m like god damn,” she mentioned. She then referred to as for “peace” and “healing for those who were hurt, because everybody involved has been hurt and victimized in some kind of way.” Pitchfork has reached out to Badu’s representatives for remark.
At the 2015 Soul Train Awards, Badu launched Kelly and mentioned that he “has done more for black people than anyone” regardless of his historical past of alleged abuse. Last 12 months, she gave a controversial in-depth interview with David Marchese the place she mentioned XXXTentacion, Bill Cosby, and Hitler. “I see good in everybody,” she mentioned. “I saw something good in Hitler…Hitler was a wonderful painter.”
The evening the Lifetime docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly” premiered, it was revealed that Badu was among the many a number of musicians that reportedly turned down the opportunity to be within the manufacturing. JAY-Z, Dave Chappelle, Questlove, and others additionally declined interviews.
“Surviving R. Kelly” featured interviews with girls like Kelly’s ex-wife Andrea Kelly and Kitti Jones who’ve accused Kelly of abuse. Phoenix and Lady Gaga have apologized for working with Kelly prior to now. Chance the Rapper, who gave an interview for the docuseries, mentioned his collaboration with Kelly “was a mistake.” After the sequence aired, R. Kelly has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct involving girls and underage women. He is no longer signed to Sony Music and RCA.
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