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R. Kelly officially cut ties with his original legal team and opted to have the attorney who successfully appealed Bill Cosby’s conviction defend him in Chicago’s federal court.

The singer’s diagnosis has hampered his ability to speak on the phone about his appeal of his conviction, which is due on Thursday, said Kelly’s lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean.

Making full refundability permanent for the child tax credit will slash child poverty by 19%, according to the Jain Family Institute.

Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly’s legal team got a shot in the arm Friday as a lawyer who won an appeal of Bill Cosby’s sex case has signed up to challenge Kelly’s racketeering conviction in New York.

A criminal conviction may be able to do to R. Kelly’s music what years of allegations couldn’t.

R. Kelly grew up in Chicago's housing projects and went on to have an illustrious musical career increasingly clouded by allegations of lurid behavior and sexual abuse.

Prosecutors at the R. Kelly sex trafficking trial ended their case after calling dozens of witnesses over the past month who detailed the government’s sweeping allegations against the singer in lurid detail.

Prosecutors want a New York City jury at the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial to hear profane video and audio recordings they say demonstrate how he threatened his victims with violence.

Prosecutors want a New York City jury at the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial to hear profane video and audio recordings they say demonstrate how he threatened his victims with violence.

As R. Kelly’s criminal case continues in Brooklyn, New York, more is being revealed by witnesses who say they saw […] The post R. Kelly’s former background dancer testifies she walked in on him and Aaliyah in ‘sexual encounter’ appeared first on TheGrio.

Matt James, JoJo Siwa, and Sunisa Lee are set to show off their ballroom dancing skills in the upcoming season of "Dancing with the Stars."

The year was 2008 and I was in a swanky Chicago hotel suite sitting across from R. Kelly, both of […] The post R. Kelly’s attraction to underage girls was on the surface for years — I know because I asked him appeared first on TheGrio.

The first time that the late singer’s name was spoken in a courtroom as a victim of sexual abuse was two weeks ago, twenty years after her death.

Kelly’s first male victim to testify at his Brooklyn Federal Court trial recalled Monday a bizarre sexual encounter in the garage of the singer’s mansion in the Chicago suburbs of Olympia Fields, Ill. The garage, the victim said, featured a boxing ring.

R. Kelly’s forced his girlfriends to write fake blackmail letters that he could use to defend himself in case he got charged with sexually abusing them, one of his accusers testified on Wednesday at his New York City trial.

A woman has testified that R&B hitmaker R. Kelly’s forced her and his other girlfriends to write fake blackmail letters that he wanted to have in hand in case he was ever charged with sexually abusing them.

After a decades-long battle between her label and estate, the late singer’s music is finally streaming.

Aaliyah's 1996 sophomore album, "One in a Million," arrived just days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the singer's death.

Her second album, One In A Million, is streaming for the first time, 20 years after her death.

R. Kelly’s federal trial in New York kicked off in a Brooklyn courtroom this week, where he’s facing racketeering and […] The post R. Kelly married Aaliyah to stop her from testifying: prosecutors appeared first on TheGrio.

R. Kelly has long faced allegations of lurid sexual behavior and abuse, some of which have been made public through documentaries or court documents.

A Brooklyn judge will begin questioning potential jurors to see if they can remain impartial in such a high-profile case.

After several delays, the first phase of the sex trafficking trial of R&B star R. Kelly has begun with jury selection in New York City.

Specialized rehab programs for pregnant women are a rarity, but experts say they're needed to reduce the number of babies born to mothers who are increasingly struggling with drug use.

A prayer vigil is planned outside the suburban New York hospital where rapper DMX remains on life support following a heart attack.

2001: Popular R&B artist Aaliyah dies at age 22 along with eight others in a plane crash in the Bahamas after filming the music video for the single "Rock the Boat." She made her recording debut at age 14 and is best known for songs such as "Back & Forth," "If Your Girl Only Knew" and "Try Again." She also appeared in the movies "Romeo Must Die" and "Queen of the Damned." Hide Caption