Commentary: The music industry coddled R. Kelly. Television took him down
Before his conviction in New York on Monday by a federal jury on charges that he used his celebrity status to procure, then mentally and sexually abuse, girls and young women over a 25-year period, singer R. Kelly often seemed invincible. Much like the record business that profited off the superstar's talent, Kelly, 54, appeared up until this week to be immune to the reckoning that toppled ...
Before his conviction in New York on Monday by a federal jury on charges that he used his celebrity status to procure, then mentally and sexually abuse, girls and young women over a 25-year period, singer R. Kelly often seemed invincible.
Much like the record business that profited off the superstar's talent, Kelly, 54, appeared up until this week to be immune to the reckoning that toppled Hollywood titans like Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein. Now he's the highest-profile musician unseated by the #MeToo movement and one of only a few artists held accountable in an industry rife with abusers and
