On this episode we discuss the rise and fall of R. Kelly. The man who some believe to be a musical genius and the King of R&B. His music career continued to excel all while he was sexually, emotionally and physically abusing countless people at the same time. We talk about how he transitions from victim to perpetrator. 

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