Oh, I am not done with R. Kelly yet. I had to break this one up into a two part episode because, well, when you are talking about a personality as big, loud and proud as R. Kelly, there is just too much information to squeeze into one podcast episode. But don't take my word for it. Just take a quick look at some of the crazy ass things R. Kelly has said and done throughout his career. I'm sourcing BET here from an article they wrote called, "Eleven Questionable Things R. Kelly Has Said and Done" and BET will cosign anything any black person with a lot of money does, so you know I am pulling punches here. "R. Kelly executive producing Aaliyah’s debut studio album, not to mention being featured lurking in the cut of the album’s cover... It’s now clear as day that the album’s title track, which was written  by Kelly, was an ode to his love for underage women. To set the record  straight, age is, in fact, more than a number." (BET). But it's all just cancel culture, right? BET is out to get black people that they have given awards to because...they want to lose money or something? This cancel culture thing gets pretty complicated and expensive I guess. Moving on, "While  R. Kelly has come to be known as the “Pied Piper of R&B,” the true  origin of the moniker is quite disturbing. For those unfamiliar with the  tale, legend has it that the town of Hamelin, Germany, sought the pied  piper’s help during a rat infestation in 1284. However,  after the town reneged on their promise to pay the pied piper for his  services, he led all the children away with his music, never to be seen  again, just as he did the rats. The term pied piper is also defined as  someone who induces others to follow or imitate him by means of false or  extravagant promises." (BET). Interesting. Now that is really interesting. All of these references to young girls, children, secrecy and outright lies. So how did R. Kelly manage to stay so famous for such a long period of time. The answer is the black celebrity appeal. Black celebrities are, for some reason, often viewed as leaders of the black community, pillars of hope and righteousness and the black American way that we should all aspire to be right now before some old grumpy black parent figure comes along and beats us with a switch. But the reality is much more complicated. There are many black people like me who worship no one. Hell, some of us choose not to go to church specifically because we ain't worshiping no one, white or black. That is why I make episodes like this, to let you know that being critical of wealthy black people does not make you any less black than any other black person on the planet. I also do it to let black people know that they do not have to live vicariously through these people. If you are black and you are reading this, you are already so impressive because your family was likely stolen from their original country and sentenced to hard labor and no formal education, yet here you are reading this article, sitting in a nice house in the wealthiest nation in the world. Don't you get it yet? All these wonderful things that black celebrities are doing now would not even be popular if it were not for you! You make black celebrities; they just reap the benefits. I saw Dave Chapelle's special, not the whole thing, but clips of it, and there ain't nothing but black people in the whole damn audience. Look at R. Kelly's or Bill Cosby's or Chris Rock's old shows. You see any white people in the audience? Yeah, the police are there checking up on all the black people. We all work hard to get black celebrities to where they are going; we pay our money. White people didn't watch Chapelle's Show when it first premiered. That was us. So we have every right to critique these fools. We are black. We are beautiful and we have power. Why hide it? Because the pied piper of R&B will be uspet? Negro please!