It looks as if Teddy Riley is about to usher in new music from the disgraced singer. This dude is at present sitting behind bars serving a long time for a number of the most annoying crimes Hip-Hop and R&B have ever needed to confront. And but he’s again.
Teddy posted a snippet of Kelly singing over Chris Brown’s “It Depends,” and principally instructed. use to overlook all the things about this dude. In the clip, Kelly makes it very clear it’s him on the vocals and even shouts out Brown, as if he’s flexing. But dude is a convicted sex trafficker and they’re serving to his acquire favor within the tradition.
The monitor first surfaced by way of Kelly’s label Rockland Records, however Teddy took it to the following stage, “Still the King of R&B Bar None!!!! Can’t wait for yall to hear the new music!!! Til then teaser missiles will be dropping!!! It’s about that time for real music!!! #legendary #letsgo.”
And Chris Brown didn’t precisely assist. He hopped into the feedback with eye and hearth emojis, which many took as a stamp of approval. For a tradition that has spent years wrestling with abuse, energy…and a bunch of there stuff…this can be a lot.
Let us rational people take a step again.
Let’s be clear. Kelly is serving a 30 yr sentence after a Brooklyn jury discovered him responsible of racketeering and sex trafficking in 2022, with that time period operating till 2045. On prime of that, he’s dealing with one other 20 years from a Chicago case involving youngster pornography and enticement of a minor.
So yeah, individuals are indignant. This doesn’t really feel like a comeback or artwork. It looks like selective amnesia and folks taking determined alternatives. I assumed Hip-Hop and R&B had been higher than that. We’re imagined to evolve and do higher. Kelly can nonetheless sing, however who cares? Well, that s the problem. People do care…regardless of the abuse.
Below are a number of the feedback from beneath the put up:
“Damn king … I know time heal all wounds .. but where do we draw the line , we need to be praying he got the help he mentally need 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 you the goat and you have a lot of influence.. because we love him as a musician a line still has to be drawn”
“Why would you support, promote, and work with someone who has committed so many atrocities to young women. As a father of two daughters, I couldn’t possibly reconcile within myself to ever support and endorse this kind of behavior and actions. We have to expect and demand more of ourselves and others. Would you still work with him if he violated your daughter 🤔”
“If yall drawing lines, draw them with everybody. Teddy, do what you do.”
“I really like you sir and all the time have, im an enormous fan of your stuff and have been however im a dad and this dude won’t ever get any love from me in any case that similar to Diddy who i truly seemed as much as at one level in my life, theres no pardon for with this man has carried out, i like my children and really feel all youngsters needs to be protected (Even in the event that they’re not your personal) this man took full benefit of the facility and cash he had and it went on for years so theres no assist for this im sorry, transfer on with new gifted artist, you may have that energy and the ability however he doesn’t deserve one other probability, this man had his shot and ruined it, we heard the issues he stated him self and the way he acted like he didn’t know he was doing something unsuitable once we all knew that he did, sorry bro, id assist trump earlier than this nonsense mr kelly can rot and die in jail far as any actual dad (and mother) is anxious“
“As a DAD of daughters, I’m definitely intentional about WTF I celebrate—and he isn’t it.”
