“Girlfriend,” “What a Girl Wants,” “Bump, Bump, Bump,” “Bump That” (2002), “Girlfriend (Pied Piper Remix)” (2003)Īhead of B2K’s reunion tour, Omarion shared a lengthy statement on January 6 distancing himself from Kelly, who wrote B2K’s biggest hits, including “Bump Bump Bump.” “#RKelly was both a victim & a predator & accordingly must be held accountable but also get professional help,” Omarion wrote. “We fully support all victims of sexual abuse, and it’s our hope that there will be a path to justice.” Phoenix have not announced plans to remove the song from streaming. We regret that we were not both more informed and more discerning when we worked with him previously,” they wrote. “We are deeply horrified by the stories of abuse surrounding R. The French band apologized on Twitter for not knowing more about the situation when they worked with Kelly. “Trying to Be Cool (Remix)” (2013), Kelly appeared onstage at Coachella with the group. Kelly wrote and features on “It’s Your World,” which was nominated for a Grammy, and also wrote “Where You At,” which was a Top 10 R&B hit and charted on the Hot 100. Kelly collaborations from streaming platforms, including Apple Music and YouTube. The Associated Press reports that, as of January 31, Jennifer Hudson has removed two R. TMZ reported on January 15 that the Pussycat Dolls have asked their label Interscope to pull their Kelly collab from streaming, though the former group has yet to comment on the allegations. Reports say Sony has, however, stonewalled Kelly from releasing any new music on its RCA imprint and is weighing its options for voiding his contract. Coincidentally, Sony is Kelly’s parent record label, and it has not commented on Kelly’s legal issues or his future at the label. “Promise (Go and Get Your Tickets Mix)” (2006)Ĭiara has also not commented on Kelly, but TMZ reported on January 14 that Ciara’s team is requesting that Sony remove their song, from her 2006 album The Evolution, from streaming and iTunes. As of publication, its video has been removed from YouTube, though the song remains on streaming. Kelly, the song was nominated for a Grammy and spent six weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100. Kelly, was no longer available to stream.ĭion has not commented publicly on the allegations against Kelly, but TMZ reported on January 14 that her team was in the process of removing the 1998 duet. “I apologize to all of his survivors for working with him and for taking this long to speak out.” By January 14, “Somewhere in Paradise,” featuring and co-written by R. Kelly stories, or ever believed he was being setup/attacked by the system (as black men often are) were doing so at the detriment of black women and girls,” he wrote. “he truth is any of us who ever ignored the R.
Kelly series, Chance said that the quote was taken out of context but apologized to survivors in a statement on Twitter. “If I could go back and have a talk with my younger self I’d tell her to go through the therapy I have since then.” Less than a day later, the single from her 2013 album Artpop was pulled.Īfter an audio clip of Chance the Rapper saying that working with Kelly was a “mistake” appeared in the Surviving R. “I think it’s clear how explicitly twisted my thinking was at the time,” she wrote of the song, referencing her own sexual assault at the age of 19. “I stand behind these women 1000%, believe them, know they are suffering and in pain, and feel strongly that their voices should be heard and taken seriously,” she wrote. On January 10, Gaga released a statement apologizing for her past work with Kelly and became the first to announce that she intended to remove a collaboration with Kelly from streaming services.
We’ll continue to update this list as more celebrities speak out. From Lady Gaga to John Legend to Jada Pinkett Smith, these are the artists who’ve denounced R. Others have come forward with stories of how Kelly’s alleged behavior has long been an industrywide open secret. Kelly and erasing their work with him from digital existence. For the first time, both his peers and collaborators are taking a moral stance against the Pied Piper of R&B, some going so far as to apologize for working with R. Kelly that outlines years of Kelly’s alleged abuse, the movement to mute the embattled singer has never been stronger. In the wake of Lifetime’s bombshell doc Surviving R.