In part two of R. Kelly’s interview with Tony Sculfield & The Morning Riot from earlier today, Kells opens up about his house falling under foreclosure, being the grand marshal of the Bud Biliken parade, how he came up with the title for his upcoming album Black Panties, social media, and the problem with Chicago artists.
Kells believes Chicago is the city of hella haters, but feels not enough Chicago stars reach back to help the younger generation of artists. He also says he’d be open to doing a summer jam with Kanye, Common, Lupe, Twista and Jennifer Hudson. Will anyone ever pull that off? I guess we’ll have to see…
Didn’t Newsense try the same thing 2 years ago when Kells turned his back on her. Plus Twista did that turkey drive last year along with the stop the violence concert with crucial conflict.
I think Chicagoans underestimate their city in general. I’m speaking as a west side resident who has only been here 3 years but I’m deep into community involvement and I notice that individuals here often have a narrow mindset on what can be accomplished here. Locals feel like they’ve often got to leave here to make something out of themselves. And then there’s random people from Iowas and Indianas and Minnesotas, etc who look at Chicago like, “that’s the promise land, and if I can make it here, I can make it anywhere.” More people who actually are from here and have their roots here should look at it that way. Why does a small city like Atlanta have such a strong and dominant music/cultural scene while Chicago still struggles for more major notoriety when we’re 2x the size? Like Kells, said, we lack unity.
~ Esoteric
errr didn’t r.kelly not fuck with the new bucks himself? when all sudden the industry turned his back on him cause of his lil girl fucking shit, he suddenly all friends with the locals. anyway, as for everything else i won’t touch on it.
I know this is old but this is bullsh*t! R. Kelly has always reached out to his locals and helped put them on.