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Disgrace and is a production of Double Elvis.

The stories about R. Kelly are insane.

He openly groomed teenage victims while on trial for child pornography,

a trial based on sex tapes that were once sold at Tower Records.

He wrote a song designed to help Michael Jackson turn attention away from his own troubling allegations, a song he wrote while he was illegally married to a 15-year-old, a marriage that

would eventually bring about his downfall.

But not before R. Kelly went on a 20-year reign of terror, all conducted in plain sight while he was

one of the biggest artists in the world. And I know some of you don't want to hear me say this, but

this all happened while R. Kelly made great music. Wedding playlist music, backyard barbecue music, music made for Saturday night

bump and grind sessions and Sunday morning church services as well. Very much unlike that loop

I played a few at the top of the show. That wasn't great music. That was a preset loop from

my Melotron called Bad Trip in Zuma, MK1.

I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to lollipop by Lil Wayne featuring

Static Major. Why would I play you that specific slice of auto-tuned double entendre cheese?

Could I afford it?

Because that was the number one song in America on June 13, 2008.

And that was the day R. Kelly was acquitted by a Chicago jury of 14 counts of child pornography,

a decision that enabled another decade plus of abuse

before the singer was finally brought to justice.

On this episode, mental and physical abuse, sex tapes, an illegal marriage, a reign of terror,

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