R. Kelly underwent tonsil surgery this year, and he showed fans his voice is all good by sending out a new song called “Shut Up!” via Twitter. He shouts out his doctors, talks about crying in the hospital and fires shots at his haters. Take a listen by pressing play on the twitvid below, and […]

R. Kelly and Atlanta’s own Cee Lo Green will be a part of the remake of the 1979 film “Sparkle.” Kells won’t be acting, but will oversee the music soundtrack. Cee Lo has been added to the cast and is also going to sing on the soundtrack since his character is the opening act for […]

R. Kelly stopped by 107.5 WGCI’s The Morning Riot to do one of his first interviews since having throat surgery. Kells reveals his upcoming album title, Black Panties. He says this album will be better than the classic 12 Play. He also talks Trey Songz and Chris Brown. Check out the audio from the interview […]

Tyrese releases the music video for “I Gotta Chick” featuring Tyga and R Kelly. After the behind the scenes video surfaced online, controversy about not having women of color in the video hit the blogs. Mz Berry who stars in the music video came to Tyrese’s defense, on our sister site Hellobeautiful. Tyrese new album […]

Tyrese recently shot the music video for “I Gotta Chick” featuring R-Kelly, Tyga and Rick Ross directed by Brazil out in Los Angeles. The leading lady is my good friend Connie Chris aka VH1’s Mz Berry. Rick Ross appears on the remix so I guess we will have to wait and see if he will […]

R.Kelly may be facing foreclosure but he has even bigger problems to worry about. The R&B soul singer reportedly underwent throat surgery to drain an abcess on one of his tonsils on Tuesday. Kelly will be “laid up indefinitely” at Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Click here for the full story. RELATED: R. Kelly Covers Sam […]

R.Kelly is the latest celeb who is allegedly facing foreclosure on his Chicago mansion after not making paymets on the home since June 2010. “The suit was filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank over the massive home (six full bathrooms, seven half bathrooms and a four-car garage to be exact) Kelly had designed 11 years ago. […]

Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Recorded at Chicago Recording Company 232 East Ohio St #1, Chicago, IL 60611-3641 When: November 11, 1993 What: R Kelly’s debut solo album, 12 Play, yielded his first number-one hit, “Bump n’ Grind,” which spent a record-breaking 12 weeks at number one on the Hot R&B Singles […]

It’s hard out here for a female R&B singer these days, but K. Michelle is not sweating it. She has a powerful voice that has the critics comparing her to Mary J. Blige and Keyshia Cole and she takes that as a compliment. The Jive recording artist is gearing up to drop her debut album […]

As a part of our It’s All Black Music feature for Black Music Month, we’ve posted polls to see who you think are the best Black artists of all time. Our first poll asked you Who Is The King Of R&B? Check out the results below: It was a close race between old school crooners, […]

There was much speculation regarding Aaliyah and disputed R&B king R.Kelly’s relationship. An upcoming book by Demetrius Smith Sr. alleges that Kelly had impregnated the late star. “I think she’s pregnant’ he said, in a voice that sounded as if he wanted to burst out in tears. ‘Oh man, Rob’ was all I could say […]

R. Kelly channeled 1950s soul singer Sam Cooke at a charity event in Chicago benefiting Clara’s House by performing a set featuring songs from Cooke’s classic catalog.