R. Kelly has more than $1.5 million in a royalties account with Sony, the singer’s former record label. The question now: Who gets that money?
R. Kelly’s former Near West Side landlord secured a $3.5 million judgment earlier this year against the jailed singer to cover past-due rent. A woman sued the singer last year, alleging sexual abuse, and was awarded $4 million. That woman, who the Chicago Sun-Times is not naming, is one of Kelly’s four alleged victims in his pending criminal case in Cook County.
After the awards were issued in each suit, attorneys for both plaintiffs contacted Sony with a “citation to discover assets,” which revealed Kelly had $1,544,333 in a now-frozen royalties account.
+Sciryl releases new music titled "Been Bout Dat." He is from Chicagoland area in Illinois. He have been recording my own songs for 10 years and I am very passionate about music. This song is called "Been Bout Dat" from my debut mixtape High Risk High Reward.
Illinois rapper and entertainer Lil Will releases his new album titled "Born To Hustle" on all digital media platforms for music lovers to stream. The album is 37 minutes long and contains 11 jam packed songs your sure to love. Stream the album below and be sure to follow Lil Will on social media.
President Barack Obama is making his return to the political arena to help embattled Democrats win in November’s midterm elections. And for the first time, Obama publicly called out President Donald Trump by name.
While Obama has in the past blasted Trump and his policies, this was the first speech in which he used his successor’s name.
Obama also addressed Trump’s tone-deaf comments last year, when the president claimed that there were “some very fine people on both sides” during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that saw white supremacists squaring off against anti-racism protesters. Paralegal Heather Heyer, 32, was killed during the protest when a white supremacist struck her with his car.
The former president also applauded the women who have taken a stand in the Me Too movement, and the teens of Parkland, Florida, who are standing up to gun violence and the National Rifle Association. That’s how real change starts, Obama said. But nothing will get done if this generation doesn’t vote, he added.
Back in the 90s, R Kelly was known as the king of R&B. He revived a dying genre with his monstrous hits like Bump n Grind, I Believe I Can Fly, and Ignition. Kelly was not only a singer he had a cultural impact, he made R&B mainstream.
R. Kelly has pleaded not guilty to a set of federal sex-trafficking charges leveraged against him in New York in mid-March, including those that he knowingly spread herpes to two people. He entered the plea via teleconference from a Chicago federal jail on Thursday. As the coronavirus pandemic has escalated, Kelly has requested early release from prison twice, and was most recently denied on April 22. Kelly was indicted on multiple state and federal sex-abuse charges in New York, Illinois, and Minnesota last year. He has so far pleaded not guilty to all charges against him.
The inaugural Virgin Hotel is slated to open in Chicago’s central business district, The Loop, and feature 210 rooms, 38 suites, and 2 ‘Rock Star’ rooms. And in line with the brand’s overall branding strategy, Virgin Hotels will target a creative, high-income audience by pitching a “sophisticated hotel experience.”
Mesha Chase from Chicago, Illinois and DJ JB$MONEY$ team up for the release of "Strip Club Music". This is volume four of the mixtape series. You can download this mixtape for free by clicking the link below!
It seems as if the Feds are trying to use R. Kelly financial, and medical records to ensure his lock-up. The prosecutors have asked a judge to keep the materials under seal so that the process of poring over the evidence could be expedited.
Joe Perry will be hitting the road in a big way this Spring, and we can hardly wait! According to Consequence of Sound, the legendary guitarist will be touring solo as part of The Joe Perry Project in April. The tour will encompass six dates spread out across the country.
The Wrap-Up Magazine is doing a little survey on the Top 5 places that's most missed in Lima, Ohio and this is what the conclusion is. Leave a comment below if their is places in Lima you miss. To kick it off, for me growing up as a kid I enjoyed going to Squirty Worm to get token, tickets, and prizes. They pizza was the bomb too. Aug 9, 2016 - Sunday marked the final day for Squirty Worm, a sports park that featured go-karts, bumper boats and miniature golf.
Pop singer Aaron Carter was hospitalized on Friday night, February 17, after he was attacked on stage by a fellow musician who felt insulted by a racially charged idiom he directed towards him while telling him to get out of the venue he was performing at.
The incident happened at the Looney Bin in Bradley, Illinois, where members of the band Ill State lingered around after opening up for the 29-year-old "Aaron's Party" singer. Witnesses say that band member Tommy Solace, who is Latino, was ordered to leave after antagonizing fans, reportedly snatching cellphones to mockingly snap photos of Carter. "Bye Felipe," Carter stated, as he watched Solace being escorted out, from the stage. Moments later Solace managed to re-enter the venue, and find his way on to the stage where Carter says he punched him twice, leaving him bloodied.
"Felipe is a Mexican name and the manner in which he said it was indeed racist if you see the video. I myself come from the south side of Chicago and am no stranger to being racially profiled and discriminated so his remarks got me really angry, especially during these times when racism is so prevalent and people think they can say what they want with no repercussions," fellow band member Haze Carbajal told a local news syndicate, in defense of Solace's actions.
Carter would be treated and then released from a local hospital, but was on social media to clear the air, on Saturday. "This dude sized me up after I said he had to go and said bye Felipe like bye Felicia the male version.. Friday? He needed to go," he tweeted. The singer's rep has since released a statement refuting that he meant anything offensive by the comment, writing: "No racial slur was used by Aaron. His response to his attacker was a pop culture slang phrase equivalent to the phrase 'bye Felica,' also found in the urban dictionary."
R. Kelly is facing a set of new allegations which include bribery and sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy.
Federal prosecutors allege Kelly had someone on his team "pay an Illinois state employee $500 to create a fake ID in 1994" so he could marry the late singer Aaliyah when the songstress was still a minor.
Kankakee, Illinois-bred, California-based rapper/producer King Camil presents the Brian Edwards-directed music video for "Unveiled." Camil has been featured in XXL Magazine, HipHopWeekly, WorldStarHipHop, AllHipHop and Vlad TV, and appeared in the movie Coalition alongside Raekwon of Wu-Tang Clan.
25 people has been hospitalized in New York from what police suspect was synthetic marijuana. Among those hospitalized, 15 people were treated at NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull in Brooklyn. As of Sunday morning, about half of them had been released and the others were in the emergency room “under observation.”
One thing that we all know for certain, no matter what happens to R. Kelly in court, his music will live on. He is locked up pending trial because he's been denied bail twice in the two federal cases, in New York and Illinois.
I'm just finding out that Sources from all over are reporting that R. Kelly may be indicted soon! The ongoing federal investigation into R. Kelly is close to wrapping up, and there’s a very good chance the singer will be battling dual indictments in both New York and Illinois. We’re told a key group of those witnesses were from the family of girlfriend Joycelyn Savage, who met with the team of investigators and provided information and physical evidence, including plane tickets, text messages and photos. Officials have been specifically interested in how Kelly and his associates allegedly bought plane tickets for underage girls and moved them around the country while he was performing. The investigation has been led by officials with ICE Homeland Security Investigations, which is responsible for investigating crimes of human trafficking, sex trafficking and child exploitation. We will do our best to keep you informed if more was to come up before the trial begins. Other Articles: Top 5 Best R. Kelly Songs Is R. Kelly King Of R&B Or Usher?
Well I guess now Walgreens will be joining others in the push for marijuana legalization as they will now be selling CBD products over their shelves. Walgreens will sell CBD creams, patches and sprays in nearly 1,500 stores in select states. The drugstore chain will sell the cannabis-based products in Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vermont, South Carolina, Illinois and Indiana. Rival drugstore chain CVS introduced CBD-containing tropicals, including creams and salves, to stores in eight states earlier in March. As the non-psychoactive cannabis compound becomes one of the hottest ingredients in consumer products. Also See: Facts About CBD
