R. Kelly

The R. Kelly verdict leaves unhealed wounds

Though the singer has been found guilty, there’s still a lack of resolution

Aaliyah deserved better

The singer’s archives are finally hitting streaming services as the R. Kelly trial reminds us of what she had to endure

How did R. Kelly get here?

Here’s what you need to know about the singer’s trial as opening arguments commence

How artists emerged in the late ’90s to challenge the gangsta narrative in hip-hop

After years of ‘bubbling under,’ some rap acts, including Jay-Z, Master P and Outkast, broke through in spectacular fashion

R. Kelly, Michael Jackson — are they being ‘lynched’?

Bringing up lynchings in these cases is profiting off the very real horrors inflicted on black people

R. Kelly is canceled: Long live James Ingram and the R&B love ballad

Quiet storm and slow-moving songs about the urgency of love are fading from view, but they’re not gone yet

Roundtable: The aftermath of ‘Surviving R. Kelly’

On the role of race in mishandling R. Kelly’s trial, victim-shaming on social media and Master P’s comments

Aaron McGruder: ‘A lot of people are trying to reconcile their older selves and their R. Kelly fandom’

‘The Boondocks’ creator speaks up about being back in the cultural conversation

R. Kelly’s stardom shouldn’t have blinded us to the truth

As with Bill Cosby, we can’t let the excuse of saving black men keep us from doing what’s right