In 1990, the group recorded and released their first single, “Why You Wanna Play Me,” but disbanded shortly afterward. He formed a group named Musically Gifted Men with his friends Marc McWilliams, Vincent Walker, and Shawn Brooks. After successfully performing in his high school talent show, Kelly dropped out to earn a living as a singer. He was on his high school basketball team until his music teacher, Lena McLin, who recognized his talent, encouraged him to focus on music. Kelly attended Kenwood Academy in Chicago’s Hyde Park. When Kelly was just eight years old, he joined his local church choir which launched his interest in performing music. Kelly’s deeply religious mother required her children to attend church regularly. Wells Public Housing project in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. Kelly is the third of four children all raised by Joanne Kelly, a single mother who was also a singer. Kelly, is an R&B singer, songwriter, and producer who is best known for his hit song “I Believe I Can Fly.” Kelly was born on January 8, 1967, in Chicago, Illinois to Joanne Kelly. Kelly when he's at his best.Robert Sylvester Kelly, better known as R. It's over the top and ghetto-fabulous, but riveting, which sums up R.

Kelly, in between complaints about tough toilet paper and requests for squares, confronting his best friend about bedding his girl. But if there's a contender for another operetta, 'Best Friend,' featuring Keyshia Cole and Polow Da Don, should be the first chapter: it features a jailed R. Tragically, there are no more episodes of 'Trapped in the Closet' on this disc.

And surely, strippers around the country are already designing routines around the delightful and breezy 'Freaky in the Club.' and T-Pain, is enough to invest in a disc. That happens just enough to make 'Double Up' a worthy listen - just the remix to 'I'm A Flirt,' a joyous ode to being a scamp featuring T.I. And when he's able to strike the right balance, he's amazing. Apparently not getting the memo from Russell Simmons after the whole Don Imus flap, Kelly throws the b-word and the n-word around with abandon, sounding more coarse than charming on tracks like 'Get Dirty.'īut as foul, as crazy, as absurd as Kelly can get, there's enough musicianship involved that even at his worst, Kelly is mildly entertaining. 'Real Talk' also reveals a thread of misogyny that's way too prevalent in the first few tracks.

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