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Singer had already started work with Jackson on songs
R Kelly has said he is planning to complete work on a series of collaborations he started work on with Michael Jackson prior to his death on June 25.
The singer told Black Voices that he had worked on five songs with Jackson, and was adamant that they [...]

Trey Songz is ruffling some feathers with this Death of AutoTune Remix

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First it was Timbaland, then Kanye followed by Ne-Yo, today Keri Hilson says she’s knocking at R. Kelly’s door !
“I’m doing a lot of features right now for other people. Fabolous, R. Kelly, who else?,” Hilson shared with Atlanta’s AJC while on tour with Keyshia Cole.
According to Hilson, there is something special in the [...]

Iconic voice Whitney Houston has gone “Showtime” — the popular word associated with club-banging producer Swizz Beatz !
Known widely for pumping out hits like Eve’s “Tambourine” and his own single “Money In The Bank,” Swizz Beatz admitted to hitting the studio with Whitney Houston recently.
“Just wrapped up with Whitney Houston, first single’s a smash,” Swizz [...]

R. Kelly can officially bump and grind with whomever he chooses: He has finalized his divorce from his wife.
Kelly and his former wife, Andrea, confirmed they were officially divorced after 11 years of marriage.
A joint statement on Thursday said they had reached an amicable resolution concerning all issues related to their marriage and will share [...]

The-Dream

Barely a year out from the release of his Def Jam artist debut, the-Dream returns Dec. 16 with his sophomore set, “Love vs. Money.” “In the beginning I was just having fun. I didn’t want people thinking too hard, I just wanted them to gravitate toward my lyrics,” the-Dream tells Billboard.com. “But this time my [...]

Hip-hop performer and entrepreneur Jay-Z and Norwegian songwriting/production duo Stargate have joined forces under the StarRoc banner, which will encompass a record label and music publishing company under Jay-Z’s Roc Nation venture with Live Nation.
According to the principals, “the focus is to find new talent and develop artists through mutually beneficial global partnerships which include [...]

R&B star R. Kelly has broken his silence about his recent acquittal on child pornography charges, saying he was betrayed by close associates but hopes to move on with his life.
“If it has had any impact, I would hope it would be a positive impact and I can move on with my life,” Kelly [...]

Because of some backstage machinations, Ne-Yo is a little bit richer.

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Ne-Yo went to court in December, [...]

 
A jury acquitted R&B star R. Kelly of child pornography charges on Friday, finding he did not make an explicit videotape showing him having sex with an underage girl who called him “godfather.”
Kelly, whose given name is Robert, cried and repeatedly whispered “thank you Jesus” after each not guilty finding was announced in the [...]

 R&B star R. Kelly‘s child pornography trial went to the jury on Thursday with prosecutors calling him a sexual predator and his attorneys saying he is wrongly accused and possibly the victim of an extortion plot.
In closing arguments to the 12-person jury, Cook County Prosecutor Robert Heilingoetter said Kelly preyed on young girls and [...]

Defense attorneys have rested their case in the child pornography trial of R&B singer R. Kelly in Chicago.
The singer looked relaxed as defense attorney Ed Genson rested the case without calling any witnesses for the day.
Jurors sat in court for just several minutes before Judge Vincent Gaughan (GAWN) sent them home for the day. [...]

A forensic expert testified Thursday at R. Kelly’s child pornography trial that a fingernail-sized mark seen on the lower back of the man in the sex tape at the center of the case was not a mole but video distortion.
Video analysis expert Charles Palm testified for the defense that the black mark appears — [...]

A Chicago Sun-Times reporter isn’t going to answer questions at R. Kelly’s child pornography trial.
Jim DeRogatis (day-roh-GAH’-tus) cited an Illinois law that governs reporters’ rights and the First and Fifth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution in refusing to answer questions Wednesday.
DeRogatis read the statement more than a dozen times in response to questions, including [...]

Prosecutors rested their case in R. Kelly’s child pornography trial after a day of sensational testimony about alleged trysts, extortion plots and a duffel bag full of sex tapes.
Star prosecution witness Lisa Van Allen cried on the witness stand, pausing to regain her composure, as she described several alleged three-way sexual encounters with the R&B [...]