R. Kelly is dropped from SONY

[krazykid18]

due to his behavior and social pressure but his back catalog can still be purchased and SONY will still release it I mean if they are that disgusted by his actions give him his fukking masters and don't reap a dollar of his nasty behavior

Sony, R. Kelly Agree To Part Ways: Exclusive

Sony and R. Kelly have agreed to part ways, sources tell Billboard. The news comes on the heels of the Lifetime documentary Surviving R. Kelly, which detailed allegations of sexual misconduct against the singer.

Reps for Sony and R. Kelly could not be immediately reached. Kelly has also now been removed from the RCA website.

Kelly had been signed to Jive since the beginning of his career in the early 1990s, and when Jive became part of Sony BMG, he became part of the Sony umbrella. He has been under contract at RCA, a Sony subsidiary, since 2012.

After the debut of the Lifetime series, protests against Kelly began to ramp up, with#MuteRKelly protests outside the Sony building in Manhattan on Wednesday, and artists such as Lady Gaga, Chance The Rapper and Phoenix apologizing for collaborating with the singer. (Gaga removed her Kelly collaboration, "Do What U Want," from streaming services and digital retailers last week.) His music had also reportedly been banned from two Dallas-area radio stations, while somecommunity organizers had begun to call on iHeartRadio and Radio One to ban his music from their playlists.




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Allegations against Kelly have been around for over a decade, and he was acquitted on child pornography charges in 2008. But they have resurfaced repeatedly in recent years, with the latest arriving this month. Kelly has repeatedly denied all allegations of misconduct.

Last May, Spotify unveiled a new hateful conduct policy, under which the streaming service removed all of Kelly's music from their owned and operated playlists. While the move was praised by many, it also drew concern from some in the music industry who were worried it would represent a slippery slope, given Kelly has never been convicted of a crime. (The move also affected the music of the late XXXTentacion.) Spotify ultimately reversed the decision.

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

:Kellz4:

 

[David_TheMan]

No one talkes about removing Elvis, Jerry lee lewis, Ted Nugent, Iggy Pop, Led Zepplin, Rolling Stones, or other white acts music from streaming.

Whites will be whites though.

 

[MikeyC]

 

[⠀X ⠀]

So now he can be an independent artist and make even more money?

 

[FLATOP]

As long as he can book concerts he's good
He probably got severance too

I hope Twitter feels accomplished now though. Who's next?

 

[krazykid18]

So now he can be an independent artist and make even more money?

and SONY has made so much bread off his Surviving R. Kelly with interest they don't give a fukk about his new music they release him which frees them from scrutiny but they also keep his back catalogue so they can make money off it and R. Kelly "claimed" he didn't own his publishing

 

[BlackPrint]

If he had come out a few years ago (maybe right after the Toure interview) and said I’ve done horrible things but I was molested blah blah molestation in the black community blah blah and publicly took some therapy or something, he would be valid by now in the public.

I see it getting worse from here.

 

[krazykid18]

As long as he can book concerts he's good
He probably got severance too

I hope Twitter feels accomplished now though. Who's next?

Social media will bully any venue or promoter who books him rather than letting the paying audience decide whether to support him

 

[EBK String]

he isnt a relevant or money making artist anymore. This is nothing but a cheap pr move on their part with no skin in the game. If he was still 90's R.Kelly they wouldnt have dropped him.

if they were really on a high moral ground they would give him back his masters and not make anymore money off him.

 

[thaKEAF]

It’s over. His last album was his lowest selling so he wasn’t worth the heat anymore.

Indie should be good for an artist like him with an established fan base and catalog..but with this mute shyt.

 

[Blankthawtz]

"they fired me???"

 

[Mike809]

 

[MikelArteta]

Dude should just do touring
No one buys albums anymore anyways

 

[@OffHalsted]

nikka better buy his Catalog back
Once this shyt blows over
His music will comeback into rotation