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In this episode your hosts Hermene Hartman and Shannon Peoples interview Jim DeRogatis, a Chicago-based journalist, music critic and author of 10 books including Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly. In 2000, Jim received an anonymous tip indicating that R. Kelly was grooming young girls and exploiting them for his own sexual pleasure. Jim broke the story in 2000 but it wasn’t until almost 20 years later that justice was served.

Listen in as we discuss with Jim why it took so long for R. Kelly to be brought to justice. We explore how R. Kelly’s own childhood was impacted by abuse and how this might have contributed to his abusive behavior years later.

We examine the fact that R. Kelly’s vicitims were reluctant to step forward following their abuse because they felt that, as young black women, society would not give their case the attention it deserved. We touch on why the rumors around R. Kelly’s predatory behaviour were largely ignored for many years and how he used his influence and wealth to keep his dark secret life from becoming exposed.

Learn more about Jim DeRogatis and his projects at jimdero.com and check out his book Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly.

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Credits:

Hosts Hermene Hartman & Shannon Peoples 

Executive Producer - N'Digo Studio

Audio Director-Producer - Joi Mitchell

Audio Editor - Scott Stronach SoundMind Editing

Sponsored By:

ComEd 

McDonald's 

In this episode N'DIGO Studio interviews CEO and founder of 'InZone' Terrance Wallace about how his early experiences as a child taught him life lessons about the value of diversity and how we can overcome and learn to live with all people. Terrance explains how these experiences, together with a brush with death and his time running hostels in Auckland for disadvantaged Maori and Pasifika youths, inspired him to create the 'InZone' program and later the acclaimed documentary film 'In The Zone'.

Terrance believes that every kid deserves a safe community, an education and a safe home in order to reach their full potential. That is what the 'InZone' project is all about. Tune in to hear Terrance's inspiring story of how he saw a need for youths in Auckland and ultimately how he used that experience to bring 'InZone' back to his home town of Chicago.

To donate to this InZone cause and learn more about Terrance Wallace and InZone at inzoneproject.org

N'DIGO STUDIO, Making talk real again!

Executive Producer - N'DIGO Studio

Audio Director - Erik Hammond - Clear Vision Multi Media

Producer- Joi Mitchell

Associate Producer - Sylvester Cosby

Audio Editor - Scott Stronach Sound Mind Editing

Sponsored By- ComED

Sponsored By- McDonald's

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