https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmzltU-RGqw

Surviving R. Kelly is a six-part Lifetime documentary detailing sexual abuse allegations against singer R. Kelly. It aired over three nights, from January 3 to January 5, 2019.

Filmmaker and music critic dream hampton served as executive producer and musicians Chance the Rapper, John Legend and Stephanie "Sparkle" Edwards appeared in the documentary.

Its premiere episode on January 3, 2019, was Lifetime's highest-rated program in more than two years, with 1.9 million total viewers.

Episodes

1 "The Pied Piper of R&B"
2 "Hiding in Plain Sight"
3 "Sex Tape Scandal"
4 "The People vs. R. Kelly"
5 "All the Missing Girls"
6 "Black Girls Matter"

Production
Origin

A documentary series focused on R. Kelly's history of alleged sexual abuse was green lit by Lifetime in May 2018.

"We've been working for over a year to bring forth the stories of these women," executive producer Joel Karsberg told The Hollywood Reporter. "We are proud to team with Lifetime to shed light on these stories as well as an industry that has looked the other way for so many years."

Hampton was invited onto the project by an executive at Bunim/Murray Productions. "That executive, Jesse Daniels, and Tamara Simmons, another co-EP on this project, have been holding these relationships with some of his survivors for months before I came on board," Hampton said in an interview with NPR. "I remember talking to them early on, kind of figuring out if we were going to work together...Having been adjacent in some ways to the music industry, when there was one, I knew that it took dozens, if not hundreds of people, for R. Kelly to operate as long as he has in the way that he has."

Hampton said that Simmons would call prospective interviewees late into the night. "She was handling and had the relationships with, not just the women and girls who survived R. Kelly, but also the families," Hampton said. "We had three families who were trying to get their daughters back. So she in particular, she and Jesse, had been caring for those relationships. And then I came on as showrunner and made it a show."

Many musicians who worked with R. Kelly refused to participate in the series. "When it comes to celebrities, It was incredibly difficult to get people who had collaborated (artistically) with Kelly to come forward," Hampton said. "We asked Lady Gaga. We asked Erykah Badu. We asked Celine Dion. We asked Jay-Z. We asked Dave Chappelle. (They're) people who have been critical of him. That makes John Legend even more of a hero for me."

Reception

The National Sexual Assault Hotline in the United States, operated by the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), experienced a 27% increase in calls during the airing of the documentary.

Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 95% approval rating with an average rating of 9.38/10 based on 19 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "By unearthing previously suppressed histories, Surviving R. Kelly exposes the dangers of enabling predatory behavior and gives necessary voice to its survivors." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 85 out of 100 based on 8 critics, indicating "universal acclaim."

Impact

Following the documentary, the office of Cook County, Illinois, State's Attorney Kim Foxx said on January 10, 2019, that it had received numerous new calls alleging sexual abuse by R. Kelly and that it was investigating the claims. Lady Gaga also released a statement saying she regretted working with R. Kelly on their 2013 duet "Do What U Want" and said she was working on removing it from online streaming services. "I stand behind these women 1000%, believe them, know they are suffering and in pain, and feel strongly that their voices should be heard and taken seriously," she wrote in a statement. "I think it's clear how explicitly twisted my thinking was at the time...If I could go back and have a talk with my younger self I’d tell her to go through the therapy I have since then."

Conversely to the series' scathing portrayal of Kelly, Nielsen SoundScan has reported that after the initial airing of the series, Kelly's music saw a two-fold increase in streaming popularity.

Ratings
The January 3 premiere episode was Lifetime's highest-rated program in more than two years, with 1.9 million total viewers.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving_R._Kelly

‘Surviving R. Kelly’ Documentary on Lifetime Details Sex Abuse Accusations


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q0nOYtZsGU

R. Kelly has consistently denied allegations of sexual misconduct with women and young teenagers, even as he has settled lawsuits.

For more than two decades, the R&B singer Robert Kelly, who performs as R. Kelly, has faced accusations of sexual misconduct and abuse.

This week, a six-part documentary on Lifetime is taking an expansive look at the allegations against Mr. Kelly, a chart-topping artist whose history has invited extra scrutiny in recent years.

The series, “Surviving R. Kelly,” includes testimony from several women who accuse the singer of abuse, as well as commentary from Mr. Kelly’s critics, including the founder of the #MeToo movement, Tarana Burke, and the singer John Legend.

The six episodes, each an hour long, cover the long history of allegations against Mr. Kelly. They feature women who described being controlled or abused by him, often when they were teenagers, as well as associates and relatives of the singer.

Mr. Kelly has continuously denied the allegations against him.

The documentary has become the subject of widespread attention and fierce debate on social media, with many expressing gratitude to the women who continue to tell their stories.

The six parts of the series were scheduled over three days of broadcast, from Thursday through Saturday. The third and fourth episodes focused on Mr. Kelly’s 2008 child pornography trial and the sex tape at its center. The fifth and sixth episodes examine more recent allegations and follow parents who were trying to free their daughters from Mr. Kelly’s influence, Ms. hampton said.

While some fans of Mr. Kelly still defend him, many critics say that he has escaped the consequences of his actions for far too long.

“No one cared because we were black girls,” the writer Mikki Kendall said in the documentary.

Ms. hampton agreed that race was an integral part of this story. She added that black boys and girls in the United States were often perceived as older than they are, and mentioned Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy who was shot and killed by a police officer in Cleveland in 2014.

“We know black boys are perceived to be older than they are by police, and we absolutely do an equivalent thing to black girls,” Ms. hampton said in an interview Friday. “We perceive them to be more sexual at an early age. We perceive them to be older. And that is rooted — there is no other way to say it, and it’s not hyperbole to say — it’s absolutely rooted in this country’s history of slavery, which has gone on longer than it hasn’t.”

Mr. Kelly was still featured as an artist on the RCA website on Saturday. The label did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and a representative for Sony Music, which oversees RCA Records, declined to comment. Mr. Kelly’s management also declined to comment.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/arts/music/surviving-r-kelly.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJSIJVkQsXY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFpcvwPrbR8

R.Kelly should carry his cross,his cup don over full.


Anyway....

R kelly should sue their ass. I watched when Richard quest frm cnn asked the producers what they gain by this shiit when the court of law is there.the fools could not answer.

All I need to know is why a thief who is part and parcel of Nigeria’s problems would insult the sensibilities of Nigerians by running for President. Why such madness?

Well, PMB till 2023.


I didn’t name names but you know who I’m talking about. Everyone knows what he is.

they are all maddddd


did he rape them?

where they forced?

if u check well they threw themselves at him
now coming to claim victim and cos of human psychology we pity them and villify him


rubbish

modified:


you shouldnt forget looks can b deceiving ...see 15 yrs old girls looking all 20
and the fact women can be manipulative

Kelly Kelly Kelly

How many times ah call your name

Hmmm

Huh... Scary

r Kelly no

Same old same old


Innocent until proven guilty

need a summary biko.


wetin R Kelly do gan gan?

Need enlightenment

How will this send buhari to daura




Iranu !

This life na wah o but r Kelly is damn good.

With a score of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, this documentary must be very explicit.
R Kelly really has all the guns pointed at him...again.
Bill Cosby should gear up. His own dedicated Season should be in the works.

Uhmm

OK I'M TIRED OF THIS NEWS

Will he win this battle this time around? Only time will tell.

arsenal done spoil my ticket...

In his next life, he will keep his dicck and fingers to himself.

The women are out for him. He is finished.

I suppose there is more to this story!

I used to love this guy, I want to believe the pied piper is guilty cos there's no smoke without fire