Do you still listen to R. Kelly

[MarcP]

Even before the he's canceled shyt I didn't listen to him that much honestly.

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

Had that my GOAT had to go out like this

 

[KingBeez]

 

[Kingshango]

I’m bumpin his shyt at work and no one seems to care.

 

[Memorial Stadium Piru]

I DON'T SEE NOTHING WRONGGGGGGGGGGGG

My personal beliefs is that R. Kelly is a sicko that deserves prison. I can separate the music from the person though. I also don't understand how everyone can go after R. Kelly now when half the girls at my high school was fukking grown ass men & they mama knew what was going on. If you gon shyt on Kellz then also shyt on Jamari the weedman that was buying you McDonalds after school in 10th grade

 

[big bun]

Yessir.

 

[Amo Husserl]

Never liked Kellz's catalogue, this one's undeniable.

 

[jensyao]

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

R Kelly was a product of the sad cycle of sexual abuse. If he got therapy early in his childhood, he would've been a completely different person. Not justifying what he did. But

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Yes. I separate art from artist. If I didn’t, I would not like damn near anybody.

 

[Sniper]

Yes, he's a piece of shyt and a bad man but we've known this for 30 years.

 

[Mastamimd]

This the only song he's featured in that I can't let go

 

[winb83]

Not really.

 

[winb83]

Yes. I separate art from artist. If I didn’t, I would not like damn near anybody.

This is just a way of saying you don't care what he did. There's a line an artist can cross that deads all that separate them from their art talk.

Nothing wrong with just saying "I don't really care what he did."

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

This is just a way of saying you don't care what he did. There's a line an artist can cross that deads all that separate them from their art talk.

Nothing wrong with just saying "I don't really care what he did."

No, I find it reprehensible and disgusting. That said, how can those feelings carry over in a tangible fashion to his published works? Call it compartmentalization if you must but I think I can say safely that he is a horrible person that made fire ass music.

I don't maintain a line. Hell, I don't even think my favorite athlete of all time (Floyd Mayweather) is the greatest of people due to his domestic violence history but I can sure as hell recognize and appreciate his talent when he was boxing in real fights. It isn't like I know them personally as perhaps that would color my opinion of them differently. I know of them and the news that has been made for public consumption.

As simplistic as this might be, I realized long ago that good people can do bad things and bad people can do good things. Kells falls in the latter. If we ignored or minimized contributions from people deemed bad, we wouldn't have progressed as far as we have in a civilization because regardless of their character, their works have also impacted the fabric of our society.