R. Kelly starts #askrkelly on Twitter. Hilarity ensues

[Clinkster]

That's great and all, but he sings. hip-hop is rapping, he doesn't rap because he sings. I just went there and the main page had a story about President Barack Obama, does that make him hip-hop too? I also see an article about football legend Jim Brown, I think you get my point? Just because he's black doesn't automatically make a person like R Kelly hip-hop.

I know that's probably hard to comprehend for you though.

They even have a story about Eli Manning, now that I think about it you don't get more hip-hop than the Manning brothers. So maybe you are right...

OR the poster didn't base the entire fact around which website it was posted on and you're strangely angry R Kelly does R&B/hip hop.

 

[smackababy]

Fuck man, I'm glad the office is only halfway full for the holidays for laughs like this...

I want to share some of these with my coworkers, however, being in Chicago, I'm sure some of them are actual R.Kelly fans and would be offended. =(

 

[bignateyk]

They even have a story about Eli Manning, now that I think about it you don't get more hip-hop than the Manning brothers. So maybe you are right...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn5zytfm9No

 

[Atomic Playboy]

That's great and all, but he sings. hip-hop is rapping, he doesn't rap because he sings. I just went there and the main page had a story about President Barack Obama, does that make him hip-hop too? I also see an article about football legend Jim Brown, I think you get my point? Just because he's black doesn't automatically make a person like R Kelly hip-hop.

Arguing about genre distinctions is pretty silly since there's so much crossover between contemporary R&B and hip hop, but the notion that hip hop is "just" rap is not right. Turntabling and DJing are fundamental pieces of hip hop, and people also throw breakdancing and graffiti in there. Hip hop is more than just music, and hip hop music is more than just rap. DJ Shadow doesn't rap; is he not a hip hop artist? R Kelly released a "hip hopera" (a term I can't believe exists); is that not hip hop? R Kelly is not a rapper, but don't get all bent out of shape when someone has the audacity to call him hip hop.

And Obama is hip hop as fuck yo.

 

[Krazy4Real]

awww... did the site go down?

 

[Train]

Who in their RIGHT FUCKING MIND thought that this would go well. Go well for R Kelly that is... it's going great for everyone else.

Depends on your definition of going well. If the publicists job is to increase publicity... mission accomplished.

Was R Kelly hurt by any of this? Was anything new revealed? It's not like it's news that he peed on a girl, what is that? 10 years old now?

Even a tiny fraction of a percent of increased publicity for him probably translates into tens of thousands of dollars of increased sales/royalties.

If an assistant told me "hey we can make an extra $10k just by fuckin around on twitter for an hour or so" I'd be like hells yeah.

 

[shortylickens]

Yeah that was pretty much what I expected.

 

[alkemyst]

Sad part is R. Kelly was acquitted. The news didn't bother to do as much as they did to discredit him.

He was setup and the video was a forgery.

 

[corwin]

Sad part is R. Kelly was acquitted. The news didn't bother to do as much as they did to discredit him

He was setup and the video was a forgery.

Sure...just like the other video that was found in his home but ended up being thrown out because of a supposed "lack of probable cause" to search his house

Acquitted != innocent

 

[alkemyst]

Sure...just like the other video that was found in his home but ended up being thrown out because of a supposed "lack of probable cause" to search his house

Acquitted != innocent

No one is innocent of everything...if you don't trust our legal system perhaps move to another country.

Most of the R. Kelly reporting was never verified and all a big smear campaign.

I doubt our US courts had some favor for R. Kelly to give him a pass.

 

[corwin]

No one is innocent of everything...if you don't trust our legal system perhaps move to another country.

Most of the R. Kelly reporting was never verified and all a big smear campaign.

I doubt our US courts had some favor for R. Kelly to give him a pass.

Money can get you a long way in our justice system, something he has an ample supply of and was used decisively to gain the intended outcome...I trust our justice system more than any other, but it has it's faults

 

[alkemyst]

Money can get you a long way in our justice system, something he has an ample supply of and was used decisively to gain the intended outcome...I trust our justice system more than any other, but it has it's faults

The video in question had many things wrong. For one it didn't have R. Kelly's tattoos in it.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Hilarity was found.

 

[corwin]

The video in question had many things wrong. For one it didn't have R. Kelly's tattoos in it.

I'm pretty sure it was supposed to be a mole on his back that wasn't visible and not tattoos that they argued...but you're free to believe anything you want in our great nation He's a worthless piece of trash regardless and I find this latest bash fest hilarious:awe:

 

[SheHateMe]

No one is innocent of everything...if you don't trust our legal system perhaps move to another country.

Most of the R. Kelly reporting was never verified and all a big smear campaign.

I doubt our US courts had some favor for R. Kelly to give him a pass.

Hmmmm. I remember the trial vividly and I was still a child back then. The video had been circulating around the internet before I'd heard about him being brought up on charges. When I saw the video, somebody at school had brought it in on a USB drive and we were in class looking at it. Everyone ended up getting caught and the kid that bought the video in was expelled....but it was DEFINITELY R.Kelly in that video. Video quality in the 90's (when the video was shot
) sure wasn't 1080P, but its hard to mistake someone's identity when they looked clearly into the camera several times.


Not to mention that there was another video of R.Kelly in the same room eating some girl's (a different girl)ass. I'm not kidding. THAT video is still around.


Also, it is a known fact that R.Kelly was having sexual relations with Aaliyah, a singer who was introduced to him when she was around 13-14. He was her producer for several years and was behind most of her hit singles. They had a sexual relationship and ended up getting secretly married (she was 15-16 a the time). Aaliyah's parents emancipated her so that they could. Later, they got divorced.

But, in the short time they were married, people suspected that they were having a relationship. They both were asked several times in interviews together what was up, but they both denied it. Shortly after the controversy, Aaliyah came out with the hit song "Age Ain't Nothing But a Number" which is a song in which she talks about having sex with an older man and how their ages don't matter.

Robert Kelly has a history of this shit.

 

[smackababy]

Robert Kelly has a history of this shit.

Most of the shit he's done will never come out. He used to have parties in Chicago, and everyone in attendance would have to sign an NDA before being allowed to enter. They weren't allowed to talk about the crazy shit that went down there.

 

[brianmanahan]

who is r kelly? never heard of him.

 

[BladeVenom]

All publicity is good publicity.

 

[QueBert]

Arguing about genre distinctions is pretty silly since there's so much crossover between contemporary R&B and hip hop, but the notion that hip hop is "just" rap is not right. Turntabling and DJing are fundamental pieces of hip hop, and people also throw breakdancing and graffiti in there. Hip hop is more than just music, and hip hop music is more than just rap. DJ Shadow doesn't rap; is he not a hip hop artist? R Kelly released a "hip hopera" (a term I can't believe exists); is that not hip hop? R Kelly is not a rapper, but don't get all bent out of shape when someone has the audacity to call him hip hop.

And Obama is hip hop as fuck yo.

Okay fine there are 4 elements of hip-hop and singing isn't one of them. R Kelly represents none of the elements what so ever. He can say whatever he wants he's not hip hop, and this story has a hip hop spin on it because people love to do everything they can to shit on rap music.

Ages ago when Kid rock beat up a bouncer ABC news referred to him as a rapper.

Half a year later he donates computers to his old elementary school. He magically became a rock star on the same news cast. The was back when he was still a rap/rock hybrid artist

 

[dabuddha]

Okay fine there are 4 elements of hip-hop and singing isn't one of them. R Kelly represents none of the elements what so ever. He can say whatever he wants he's not hip hop, and this story has a hip hop spin on it because people love to do everything they can to shit on rap music.

Ages ago when Kid rock beat up a bouncer ABC news referred to him as a rapper.

Half a year later he donates computers to his old elementary school. He magically became a rock star on the same news cast. The was back when he was still a rap/rock hybrid artist

holy crap you've got your head buried so far up R Kelly's ass you're seeing out of his mouth!

 

[KeithTalent]

Okay fine there are 4 elements of hip-hop and singing isn't one of them. R Kelly represents none of the elements what so ever. He can say whatever he wants he's not hip hop, and this story has a hip hop spin on it because people love to do everything they can to shit on rap music.

Ages ago when Kid rock beat up a bouncer ABC news referred to him as a rapper.

Half a year later he donates computers to his old elementary school. He magically became a rock star on the same news cast. The was back when he was still a rap/rock hybrid artist

How do you classify Bone Thugs-n-Harmony?

KT

 

[Newbian]

In order to get things hot & fresh out the kitchen, what temperature do you recommend for the oven?

Not sure I understand this one.

Someone fill me in.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

How do you classify Bone Thugs-n-Harmony?

KT

Or Nate Dogg? Music genres are not some hard and fast rule with no crossover. I don't understand getting all worked up that R Kelly is referred to as a hip hop artist when he's collaborated on plenty of music that would be defined as hip hop. Wikipedia lists 220 different sub-genres of rock music; don't be that guy screaming "this isn't nu metal, it's metalcore!" Who gives a shit?

 

[OCGuy]

Drip drip drip, drip drip drip drip
Pee on you..

 

[z1ggy]

Drip drip drip, drip drip drip drip
Pee on you..

Hot n fresh out the kittchheeeennn, this is a song about pisssssinnnnnnn'..