Jay-Z kicked Kelly off their 40 city tour, citing Kelly's "unpredictable behavior." November 2004: Kelly files a $90 million lawsuit against Jay-Z and a promoter, claiming breach of contract and sabotage. 18, 2003: Kelly's album "Chocolate Factory" is released, selling 538,000 copies in its first week.įebruary 2004: In Chicago, Cook County prosecutors drop seven of the 21 child pornography charges against Kelly. Charges are later dropped after judge rules police didn't have a warrant to search Kelly's house.įeb. Kelly is released from jail on $12,000 bond. January 2003: Kelly is arrested at a Miami Dade hotel in Florida on additional child pornography charges after investigators said they found photos of him having sex with a girl. He pleads not guilty and is released on $750,000 bail. June 5, 2002: Kelly is indicted in Chicago on 21 counts of child pornography, stemming from the sex tape.
The same day the news breaks, Kelly performs at the opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. At the time, the girl and her parents deny she was having sex with Kelly. The paper reports Chicago police began investigating allegations about Kelly and the same girl three years earlier. 8, 2002: The Chicago Sun-Times reports that it received a 26-minute, 39-second videotape allegedly showing Kelly having sex with a minor. The case is reportedly settled out of court in the spring of 2002, for an undisclosed amount.įeb. 1 on the Billboard album chart.Īugust 2001: Tracy Sampson files a lawsuit against Kelly, alleging their sex was illegal under Illinois law because he was in "a position of authority" over her. November 2000: His album "" debuts at No. November 1998: His album "R." hits stores. January 1998: Hawkins' lawsuit is reportedly settled for $250,000, shortly after she gave a seven-hour deposition.įebruary 1998: Kelly wins three Grammys for "I Believe I Can Fly," including best R&B song and best male R&B performance. 18, 1997: Tiffany Hawkins files a complaint against Kelly alleging intentional sexual battery and sexual harassment while she was a minor, according to court records. The couple goes on to have three children: Joanne, Jaya and Robert Jr.įeb. The same year, he marries 22-year-old Andrea Lee, a dancer from his touring troupe. Kelly." A month later, he incorporates Rockland Records, where he can groom new artists, and his song "I Believe I Can Fly," from the "Space Jam" soundtrack, peaks at No. September 1995: Produces Michael Jackson's hit single "You Are Not Alone." Kelly also produces songs for Whitney Houston, Quincy Jones, Toni Braxton, and Janet Jackson. (Aaliyah died in a plane crash seven years later, at age 22.) September 1994: Aaliyah's debut album, "Age Ain't Nothing But A Number," which Kelly produces, is certified platinum. The marriage is annulled months later because of Aaliyah's age. The couple weds in a secret ceremony arranged by Kelly at a hotel in Chicago. Kelly marries 15-year-old R&B singer Aaliyah D. Hit singles include "Sex Me" and "Bump N' Grind," which becomes the longest-running No.
November 1993: His album "12 Play" is released and eventually sells more than 5 million copies. She made me feel I could do anything," Kelly told People in 1994. Kelly meets his mentor, Lena McLin, who chairs Kenwood's music faculty. "So the runs could go really slow and then you learn them," Kelly told ABC News in 2004.ġ979: At age 12, Kelly said, he "experienced a lot of things at a very young age that I don't know if I was supposed to," including witnessing older youth rape one of his girlfriends.ġ983: At age 16, his mother moves the family from the projects and enrolls her son at the prestigious Kenwood Academy, a Chicago public school. Around the same time, his mother teaches him how Stevie Wonder sings by putting a nickel on the record player needle to slow down the revolutions. Little is known about his father.ġ975: At age 8, Kelly begins singing in church. Kelly is third of four children and lives with his family in Chicago's housing projects.
8, 1967: Robert Sylvester Kelly is born in Chicago to Joann Kelly, a school teacher.
Kelly, long trailed by lurid rumors, has been charged with aggravated sexual abuse involving multiple victims dating back two decades.
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