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Tamra Simmons, executive producer of the Lifetime documentary series “Surviving R. Kelly,” sits down with rolling out‘s “Cook it Out” show host Jae Davis to discuss her journey in entertainment industry, her mission to elevate the voices of Black women and her upcoming TV projects in the first part of an exclusive three-part interview.

R. Kelly’s accuser Faith Rodgers says he “needs to go to jail forever.” Rodgers, 21, is one of the women who have accused the “Ignition” hitmaker of sexual abuse and has now said she hopes to see the disgraced musician put behind bars for many years. Speaking to CBS News, Rodgers said: “He needs to…

The second installment of Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly airs tonight, Thursday, Jan. 2, and the five-part sequel is expected to examine the lives of the R&B singer’s accusers since they spoke out against him a year ago. Among other featured guests is Dame Dash, who was dating Aaliyah when she was tragically killed in a…

R. Kelly‘s former tour manager is set to testify against him in court — but doesn’t want to see him jailed. Demetrius Smith has claimed he purchased a fake ID for late singer Aaliyah when she was just 15 so she could marry the “I Believe I Can Fly” hitmaker, and while he’s spoken about the…

As if R. Kelly doesn’t have enough to worry about, a judge in Minnesota marked the “Bump N’ Grind” singer absent and issued a bench warrant for his arrest after declaring Kelly a “no-show” for a mandatory court appearance. The problem is that Robert Sylvester Kelly, 52, has been holed up in the MCC Chicago…

R. Kelly’s live-in girlfriends, Azriel Clary and Joycelyn Savage. (Photo: YouTube/TMZ) It looks like the alleged sex slaves of jailed singer R. Kelly are moving on – and trying to move up. According to reports, Azriel Clary and Joycelyn Savage, the two women who had been living with Kelly in his Trump Towers condo in…

While sinking singer R. Kelly shuffles between his current confinement in Chicago and a future date to answer state and federal sex crime charges in New York City, the Lifetime channel has announced yet another follow-up to its explosive documentary “Surviving R. Kelly.” Lifetime has already been nominated for a gang of industry awards as…

Award-winning actress and singer KeKe Palmer shared her feelings regarding the multitude of sexual assault and pedophilia accusations against her former mentor R. Kelly. Palmer, 25, who catapulted to fame with the classic film Akeelah and the Bee, told Andy Cohen on “Watch What Happens Live” that she had the exact opposite experience with Robert…

R. Kelly’s alleged victims used their platform at the MTV Movies & TV Awards to share a special message. The “I Believe I Can Fly” hitmaker has been charged with multiple counts of aggravated sexual abuse in the wake of the Surviving R. Kelly docuseries and three of the women who appeared on the program…

Lifetime is about to air a follow up to their monumental and game-changing docu-series “Surviving R. Kelly” that may contribute to putting the legendary singer-songwriter-producer behind bars after three decades of sexual abuse allegations. The explosive Dream Hampton-directed documentary aired on Jan. 3 and was enormously successful in completely detonating R. Kelly’s life in ways…

Embattled R&B crooner R. Kelly’s career, image and life are already in abject shambles these days. And, as most pop culture fans have long suspected, Kelly’s finances are on the list of things that are in a perilous condition. After creditors came in and scooped up the last vestiges of R. Kelly’s wealth, he was…

Perhaps R. Kelly went onto Instagram this past week to beg the media to “go easy” on him because he didn’t want the press to mess up the desperately needed bag he was about to get for an appearance in his home state. The “Step in the Name of Love” singer, 52, ran off with $22,000…

R.Kelly’s is under attack and this time it’s about the money. The “I Believe I Can Fly” hitmaker’s biannual royalty account has had $265, 535 frozen by Sony Music Holdings after Midwest Commercial Funding issued them with a subpoena in a bid to get back money they were owed by the disgraced singer. According to The…

To have superstar singer-songwriter R. Kelly get reduced to nearly groveling to the media to loosen its grip from around his airpipe as he tries to rustle up some much-needed coins is practically unprecedented in modern entertainment. The public mauling of the “Step in the Name of Love” crooner has been relentless for the past…

And the Black community exhaled. Actor and MTV host Nick Cannon finally said publicly what many African American social media users have been complaining vociferously about for the past several months: When will the scorching hot spotlight, which has melted one Black icon after another, begin to shine in the direction of former media mogul…

The lawyer who helped singer R. Kelly beat the infamous child pornography trial in 2008 is now speaking publicly on whether the “Bump N Grind” crooner was guilty then — and today. Ed Genson told the media on Thursday that Kelly was actually guilty of those charges of child pornography and pedophilia. He said the fact that…

The age-old axiom, “when it rains it pours,” is definitely applicable in the case of sinking singer R. Kelly. In addition to being charged with 10 counts of criminal sexual abuse, and being investigated by the feds for alleged sex trafficking, authorities in Detroit have launched a probe into allegations that Kelly raped a teen…

Like a man desperately flailing about while stuck in quicksand, R. Kelly seems to be sinking further with every strained syllable uttered in his defense against a score of sex abuse charges and investigations. Case in point is when he blamed the parents of the alleged victims for “selling” their daughters to the “I Believe…

R. Kelly is a free man, for now. After spending the weekend in a Chicago jail, the embattled singer posted bail. According to Cook County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Sophia Ansari, Kelly was able to post the $100,000 needed for bail after the judge set his bond amount at $1 million. Hours before posting bail, Kelly pleaded not…

A judge has set R. Kelly‘s bond a whopping $1 million. The exorbitant amount likely has something to do with the R&B singer’s amassed wealth, ability to pay and access to power and influence. Cook County Judge John Fitzgerald Lyke Jr. apparently was more concerned about Kelly’s alleged victims and what he called the “disturbing” nature…