R Kelly’s musical abilities sparked online debate following Kendrick Lamar’s new songs mentioning the controversial singer
3 min read
Noam Galai—Getty Images
Kendrick Lamar has come up with a song and it has mentioned R Kelly which has created a debate on social media dividing the netizens into two on supporting and not supporting R Kelly’s musical work. Well, Lamar actually had two songs from his album and it just had a mention of R Kelly in it. Owing to which, the social media went abuzz with the reaction to R Kelly’s musical abilities. But how did the netizens react?
Read ahead to know more about Kendrick Lamar’s songs creating social media debate on R Kelly’s musical abilities.
Kendrick Lamar had mentioned of R Kelly in two of his songs
While the album of Lamar, Mr. Morales, and The Big Steppers has two songs that mention R Kelly. We had Lamar with Taylour Paige in the song We Cry Together singing in an argument. In the song, Paige sings the line “You’re the reason R Kelly can’t recognize he’s abusive”.
After which the turn for Lamar comes in as he says his lines. The song was thought to have R Kelly’s name in the context of his controversy and later sentencing over it. In fact, another song by Lamar from Mr Morale mentions the controversial singer saying he was himself abused in his childhood.
What was the controversy of R Kelly?
R Kelly before falling into any controversy was a well-known and much-loved singer. However, there came a time when he was in a controversy claiming that he was a se* offender. The allegations against him were serious and really proved bad for his career.
Yes, R. Kelly has been rightfully canceled but let’s not lie and say his music wasn’t good. Lol https://t.co/odL4YO7wN5
— Since 1984™️ (@tahoe7teen) May 15, 2022
In fact, alleged for harassing women of different age. He was guilty of those allegati ons. Finally, this made him fall into legal trouble and he was facing criticism for all those. The result of which became that his career completely went down leaving him as a controversial artist.
Social media debate on R Kelly’s musical abilities
Well, amid all this, Kendrick Lamar’s song has just made social media go abuzz with the debate on R Kelly’s musical abilities. The debate is actually about whether Kelly was a good music artist or not.
While many of them are simply supporting the idea that he was not. Many of them have said that despite the controversy Kelly has had around him. His musical abilities were good. Many supported that his controversy and his skills should be apart. This contrasting opinions has thus created a buzz on social media.
I wish y’all would stop saying everybody listens to R. kelly music secretly like no we don’t 😭😭😭 i promise you the music isn’t that good
— ً (@zayoIogy) May 13, 2022
And if you gotta listen to it in secret that means you know it’s wrong so like where are we going from here
— ً (@zayoIogy) May 13, 2022
Thinking about the R. Kelly line in We Cry Together and hearing a song that mentions R.Kelly being an abuser is frustrating when you remember k. Dot almost took all his music off Spotify for that man
— Sunny D. Luffy (@thebrownsinatra) May 15, 2022
I genuinely don’t care if you choose to or choose not listen to R Kelly music. If you do cancel his music, you’ll have to go down the slippery slope of every song he’s produced, wrote and featured. Wayyy too much work for me. Screw R Kelly and what he did but I’m still playing it
— Goat (@ShowtimeSanders) May 14, 2022
Ruchi Singh
I'm a passionate writer who believes in the magic of words. I'm a former magazine writer and I love reading books that makes people grow to a better person. Every word holds an energy and I use them to create a positive beautiful life. #StayPositive #StayBlessed
