R. Kelly’s public career didn’t just collapse—it got sealed behind a wall of court rulings, corporate distancing, and streaming-era “soft bans.” But here’s the uncomfortable twist: in the music business, a scandal can cancel the artist while the keep breathing.
Legally, the story is no longer rumor-driven. A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Kelly in 2021 on racketeering and sex trafficking-related charges, and he was later sentenced to 30 years in prison; a federal appeals court has upheld those convictions and sentence.
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