1. Robert Sylvester Kelly was born on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, on January 8,1967, at Chicago Lying-In Hospital in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood.
28 Facts About R Kelly
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Around the time he was five years old, R Kelly's mother married his stepfather, Lucious, who reportedly worked for an airline.
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Carey stated that although their older brother, Bruce, was spared and allowed to play outside, both he and R Kelly were punished at separate times indoors by Theresa, who refused to acknowledge the abuse when confronted years later.
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In September 1980, R Kelly entered Kenwood Academy in the city's Hyde Park-Kenwood district, where he met music teacher Lena McLin, who encouraged R Kelly to perform Stevie Wonder's "Ribbon in the Sky" in the high school talent show.
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McLin encouraged R Kelly to leave the high school basketball team and concentrate on music.
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In 1994, R Kelly established himself as a leading producer by producing songs for various artists, including Aaliyah, Janet Jackson, and Changing Faces.
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In 1995, R Kelly garnered his first Grammy nominations; two for writing, producing, and composing Michael Jackson's last number-one hit, "You Are Not Alone".
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On November 26,1996, R Kelly released "I Believe I Can Fly", an inspirational song originally released on the soundtrack for the film Space Jam.
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In 1997, R Kelly signed a contract to play professional basketball with the Atlantic City Seagulls of the USBL.
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In 2001, R Kelly won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Music of Black Origin or MOBO Awards and Billboard magazine ranked TP-2.
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On February 18,2003, R Kelly released Chocolate Factory, which debuted as the number-one album on the Billboard 200.
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Between mid-2003 and early 2004, R Kelly began work on a double CD album, one with "happy" tracks and another with "inspirational" tracks.
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Album promotion and its Best of Both Worlds tour were both plagued by tension between the stars, with R Kelly reportedly showing up late or not at all to gigs.
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In December 2006, R Kelly built momentum for his eighth solo studio album, Double Up, after guest-appearing on Bow Wow's "I'm a Flirt".
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In December 2007, R Kelly failed to appear at another preliminary court hearing on his case due to his tour bus being held up in Utah.
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In 2008, R Kelly released a rap track titled "I'm a Beast" in which he coarsely attacked his detractors, yet did not name the subjects of the song.
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In February 2009, R Kelly announced that he was working on a new album called Untitled with a projected release date of September 29, but it had been delayed to December.
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In November 2010, R Kelly collaborated with several African musicians forming a supergroup known as One8.
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On July 19,2011, R Kelly was admitted to the Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago to undergo emergency throat surgery to drain an abscess on one of his tonsils, and was released on July 21,2011.
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In 2011, R Kelly worked with writer David Ritz on an autobiography entitled Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me, which was later released in the summer of 2012.
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On October 7,2011, after Sony's RCA Music Group announced the consolidation of Jive, Arista and J Records into RCA Records, R Kelly was set to release music under the RCA brand.
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On December 21,2011, R Kelly made a live appearance on The X Factor and gave his first performance after the surgery.
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In February 2012, R Kelly performed "I Look to You", a song he wrote for Whitney Houston, at Houston's homegoing.
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On June 30,2013, R Kelly performed live at the BET Awards Show singing hits as well as his new track "My Story" featuring Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz.
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In 2013, Kelly collaborated with several artists including Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Mary J Blige, and Jennifer Hudson.
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In July 2014, R Kelly announced that he was working on a house music album.
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In "I Admit", R Kelly denies allegations of domestic violence and pedophilia, asserting that they are matters of opinion.
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In 2016, R Kelly donated cases of water to the Flint water crisis.