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R. Kelly Can Fly...To NYC
Believe it or not, R. Kelly can fly--as long as he doesn't fly too far from Chicago for too long.
A Windy City judge ruled Friday that the beleaguered R&B songsmith can leave Illinois to appear at concert in New York.
Kelly's been free on bond since getting rung up on 21 counts of child pornography, charges that carry a maximum sentence of 15 years in the pen and a $100,000 fine. He has pleaded innocent to all charges.
Despite prosecutorial whining, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Vincent Gaughan green-lighted the "I Believe I Can Fly" crooner's request to leave the state for a November 12-19 road trip.
No details were immediately available on the concert.
Kelly's lawyers did all the talking during the day's hearing. Per usual for his court cameos, Kelly sat stoically at the defense table
Just two weeks ago, though, Kelly was doing plenty of talking at a Chicago radio station. He appeared on WPWX Power 92-FM. But instead of carping about his legal problems and the nefarious videotape that got him in all the hot water (he swears it's not him engaged in the sordid sundry sex acts, some with a 14-year-old girl), Kelly was talking about his new single and album.
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The R&B belter, whose "Heaven, I Need a Hug" was making the radio rounds shortly after his indictment on the kiddie porn charges, helped introduce his new track, "Ignition."
The song is already the object of controversy in Kelly's hometown, with one station, WGCI-FM, refusing to play it because of its overtly sexual lyrics ("I want to stick my key in your ignition, baby"), according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
According to the paper, Kelly also told the station he was shelving his completed album Loveland, which had been slated for release this month and is already widely available via online file-sharing sites. Replacing it would be The Chocolate Factory, an album Kelly recently recorded in Florida. (It's unclear whether Kelly required court permission to record in the state. He does have a second home there.)
No immediate word on its release date. But the next date Kelly needs to worry about is December 20, when he's due back in Gaughan's Chicago courtroom for another hearing.
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