R. Kelly Net Worth, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!

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R. Kelly Biography

R. Kelly is one of the most popular and richest R&B Singer who was born on January 8, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He is known as the King of R&B and was best known for his hits “I Believe I Can Fly” (Remix) and “Ignition(Remix). He is the most-sold artist of all time, with over 100 million records worldwide.

His 2007 song, “Rock Star,” featuring His 2007 song “Rock Star,” featuring Ludacris, reached #54 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart., reached number 54 on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts.

Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor and former semi-professional basketball player from Illinois. He has been credited with helping to redefine R&B and hip hop, earning nicknames such as “the King of R&B”, “the King of Pop-Soul”, and the “Pied Piper of R&B”.

Kelly is considered to be one of the most successful R&B artists since the mid-1980s. He is also one of the best-selling music artists in the United States with over 30 million albums sold as well as only the fifth black artist to enter the top 50 of the same list. Rolling Stone magazine called him “arguably the most important R&B figure of the 1990s and 2000s.” Music executive Barry Weiss described Kelly as “the modern-day Prince, although there’s a bit of Marvin Gaye in him, and a bit of Irving Berlin.”

He married He married Aaliyah on August 30, 1994, but their marriage was annulled on February 7, 1995. He married Andrea Kelly in 1996, but they divorced in 2009. He has three children named Jaya, Joann, and Robert. in August 1994. However, their marriage was dissolution on February 7, 1995. In 1996, he married Andrea Kelly. However, they split in 2009. Jaya, Joann and Robert are his three children.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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R. Kelly gained national recognition in 1989 when he, along with Marc McWilliams, Vincent Walker and Shawn Brooks, participated on the talent TV show Big Break, hosted by Natalie Cole. Kelly went on to win the $100,000 grand prize. Subsequently, Kelly’s debut album Born into the 90’s was released in early 1992 (credited as R. Kelly and Public Announcement). Released during the new jack swing period of the early 1990s, the album yielded the R&B hits “She’s Got That Vibe”, “Honey Love”, “Dedicated”, and “Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)”, with Kelly singing lead vocals. During late 1992, Kelly and Public Announcement embarked on a tour entitled “60653” after the zip code of their Chicago neighborhood. This would be the only album co-credited with Public Announcement. Kelly separated from the group in January 1993.

R. Kelly Net Worth

R. Kelly is one of the richest R&B Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, R. Kelly's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a guest on the televised talent program Big Break. It awarded him a $100,000 prize. In 1991, he signed with Jive Records.

He also created Trapped In the Closet, a hip-hopera or rap opera. It was released in four parts from 2005 to 2012.

Robert Sylvester Kelly was born at Chicago Lying-in Hospital in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago on January 8, 1967. He is the third of four children with an older sister and brother and a younger brother. His mother, Joanne Kelly, was a professional singer who raised her children in the Baptist church, where she sang lead in the choir. The identity of his father, who has always been absent in Kelly’s life, is not publicly known. His family lived in the Ida B. Wells Homes public housing project in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. Kelly’s high school music teacher Lena McLin described Kelly’s childhood home: “It was bare. One table, two chairs. There was no father there, I knew that, and they had very little.” Kelly began singing in the church choir at age eight.

Kelly played basketball with the late Illinois state champion basketball player Ben Wilson and sang “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday” at Wilson’s funeral. An undiagnosed and untreated learning disability, believed to be dyslexia, left Kelly unable to read or write. He dropped out of high school and as a teenager, Kelly began street performing under the Chicago Transportation Authority “El” tracks and eventually formed a group with friends Marc McWilliams, Vincent Walker and Shawn Brooks. In 1989, they formed the group MGM (Musically Gifted Men). In 1990, MGM recorded and released one single “Why You Wanna Play Me”; after its release the group disbanded. In 1991, Kelly signed with Jive Records. Kelly was extremely close to his mother Joanne, who took him with her to church and a local club where she performed. She died from cancer in 1993. He would later name his eldest daughter after her.

Kelly has sold over 75 million records worldwide, making him the most successful R&B male artist of the 1990s and one of the world’s best-selling music artists. He is the 55th best-selling music artist in the United States, with over 32 million album sales. Kelly was named by Billboard as the Top R&B/Hip Hop Artist between 1985-2010 and the most successful R&B artist in history.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Kelly entered Kenwood Academy in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood in the fall of 1981, where he met music teacher Lena McLin, who encouraged Kelly to perform the Stevie Wonder classic “Ribbon in the Sky” in the high school talent show. A shy Kelly put on sunglasses, was escorted onto the stage, sang the song and won first prize. Dr. McLin had encouraged a young Kelly to leave the high school basketball team and concentrate on music. She said he was furious at first, but after his performance in the talent show, he changed his mind. McLin remains Kelly’s voice coach and spiritual adviser.

According to Vibe and the Chicago Sun-Times, 27-year-old Kelly and 15-year-old protégée Aaliyah were illegally married in a secret ceremony on August 31, 1994, in Cook County. Upon meeting Kelly and prior to the nuptials, Aaliyah admitted she had falsely stated she was 18. In a 2008 interview, Kelly’s tour manager, Demetrius Smith, said that he facilitated the wedding by obtaining falsified identification for Aaliyah which listed her as 18 years of age. Kelly had been introduced to Aaliyah by her uncle, Barry Hankerson, just three years prior when she was 12 years old. In 2019, a contemporaneous video surfaced showing R. Kelly stating that Aaliyah was aged 14 years less than a year before the marriage took place. The marriage was annulled in February 1995 at the behest of Aaliyah’s family by a Michigan judge. Kelly and Aaliyah, however, both denied that the marriage occurred and even denied that their relationship had ever moved beyond friendship. Despite denials of marriage, in May 1997 Aaliyah filed a lawsuit in Cook County to have her existing marriage records expunged, claiming that she was underage at the time of marriage and lied by signing the marriage certificate as an 18-year-old, and that she could not legally enter into marriage without parental consent. The expungement request was in the middle of a lawsuit filed by Tiffany Hawkins, who was seeking to use the marriage documents in her case against Kelly. Hawkins later accepted a settlement of $250,000 from Kelly, subject to a confidentiality agreement, in 1998. In 2019, federal prosecutors in New York charged Kelly with bribery related to the 1994 purchase of a fake ID for Aaliyah in order to obtain a marriage license.

Who is R. Kelly Dating?

According to our records, R. Kelly married to Andrea Lee , Aaliyah . As of December 1, 2023, R. Kelly’s is not dating anyone.

Kelly’s first solo album, 12 Play, was released on November 9, 1993, and yielded the singer’s first number-one hit, “Bump N’ Grind”, which spent a record-breaking 12 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart. Subsequent hit singles: “Your Body’s Callin'” (U.S. Hot 100: #13, U.S. R&B: #2) and “Sex Me” (U.S. Hot 100: #20, U.S. R&B: #8). Both singles sold 500,000 copies in the United States and were certified Gold by the RIAA. In 1994, 12 Play was certified Gold by the RIAA, eventually going six times platinum.

Facts & Trivia

R. Ranked on the list of most popular R&B Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. R. Kelly celebrates birthday on January 8 of every year.

Kelly has contributed to various U.S. and international charities through donations and the proceeds of special performances. In 1995, Kelly donated £20,000 to a U.K.charity, accepted by representative and former footballer Garth Crooks. In 2003, Kelly donated $50,000 to the Texas Military Family Foundation after the fund raising gig he staged for them.

Is R. Kelly still wealthy?

Kelly has made massive worth in his career, but because of all the charges against him, he has lost all his wealth, and currently, he is in a negative of $1.3 million.

How much is R. Kelly currently worth?

How old was R. Kelly when he was with Aaliyah?

The marriage of the two singers, using falsified documents when Aaliyah was 15 and Mr. Kelly was 27, prompted the first significant scrutiny of his encounters with underage girls. Potential sexual crimes that date to the early 1990s would typically be too old to prosecute.

Why is R. Kelly's net worth negative?

The R&B star has been found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking and has lost his fortune after owing millions in unpaid taxes to the IRS. Disgraced singer R.

Why is R Kellys net worth so low?

A Lost Fortune Kelly reportedly lost a large portion of his net worth after divorcing Andrea Lee, his wife from from 1996-2009, the most lucrative years of his career. In 2012, it was revealed that Kelly owed $5 million in unpaid taxes dating back seven years.

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