R&B charts for twelve record-setting weeks. The disc included such hits as Sex Me and Your Body’s Calling, as well as the single Bump & Grind registering at No. Thinking that solo career would bring him more success, he left the band and in 1993 released his solo album 12 Play. DJ), and all of them were performed by Robert Kelly. Some of the album’s songs became hits – She's Got That Vibe, Honey Love, Dedicated, and Slow Dance (Hey Mr. Kelly arranged a band called Public Announcement and in 1991 they released their debut work Born into the 90’s. Soon he was noticed by a musical producer Wayne Williams, the owner of Jive Records label, and by the end of the year a contract with the young artist was signed. In 1990 Robert took his electronic keyboard and went in the city streets to sing and earn money. Studying at the Kenwood Academy High School he won a young talents show, singing Stevie Wonder’s Ribbon In The Sky, following which he decided to commit himself to music. From early childhood his passions were basketball and music, which he loved more. Kelly, was born on Januin Chicago, Illinois. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his crimes.Robert Sylvester Kelly, best known by the name R. In September 2021, the singer was convicted by a federal court in New York City on nine counts of racketeering and child sex trafficking. After being in the music game for over 25 years, many still feel Kelly remains on the throne as the King of R&B. Kelly showed his ability to still appeal to a mass audience, while continuing to perform at sold-out shows. With collaborations such as “Do What U Want” with Lady Gaga, R. He also produced a remix to his song “Fiesta” featuring JAY-Z, which led to the duo releasing two collaborative albums: The Best of Both Worlds (2002) and Unfinished Business (2004). His hit-making continued through the 2000s, producing hits for himself such as the remix to “Ignition,” “Step in the Name of Love,” “Happy People,” and the soap opera musical “Trapped in the Closet,” along with producing hits for artists such as Britney Spears, Ginuwine, Nick Cannon, Whitney Houston, and the #1 song “Bump, Bump, Bump” by B2K. The success of these albums led to him becoming an in-demand producer in the ‘90s, writing and producing #1 hits for Aaliyah ( “Back & Forth”), Janet Jackson ( “Any Time, Any Place (Remix)”), Changing Faces ( “G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T”), Maxwell ( “Fortunate”), and Michael Jackson ( “You Are Not Alone”). In 1993, he released his first solo album, 12 Play, featuring the hits “Bump N' Grind” and “Your Body’s Callin'.” He released a self-titled album in 1995 featuring the hits “Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)” and “You Remind Me of Something,” while his 1998 double album, R., featured a string of hits, including “I Am Your Angel” with Celine Dion, “When a Woman’s Fed Up,” and his Grammy Award-winning song “I Believe I Can Fly” from the Space Jam soundtrack. The following year, Kelly went on to become a solo act. Kelly wrote and produced the entire album, which contained the #1 R&B hits “Honey Love” and “Slow Dance,” along with the Top 10 R&B hits “She’s Got That Vibe” (#7) and “Dedicated” (#9). This led into his first album, Born Into the 90’s, being released in 1992 as a collaboration between R. Kelly, is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer from the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, where he first started performing under the “L” subway tracks as a teenager. January 8, 1967), known professionally as R.