R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison: who is the singer of I Believe I Can Fly. PHOTO

R. Kelly, aka Robert Sylvester Kelly, is the R&B and hip-hop singer who was convicted of luring women and children for sexual purposes and for over two decades leading a crime network in Chicago that recruited women by subjecting them to sexual and psychological abuse

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Kelly, 55, will have to serve his prison sentence after the Brooklyn court judge granted the prosecutor’s request to sentence him to “more than 25 years in prison”

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R. Kelly, aka Robert Sylvester Kelly, is a Chicago-based singer, songwriter and record producer

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It peaked in popularity in 1996 thanks to the song I Believe I Can Fly

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The song was included in the soundtrack of the live action / animation mixed technique film Space Jam starring Michael Jordan. It is a song composed specifically for the film, then it was also included in the singer’s album, entitled R. and released in 1998

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I believe I can fly becomes a smash hit, winning 3 Grammy Awards. He is considered “one of the best singles of the 90s”

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In 1998 the double album was released R.which also collaborates with Celine Dion and Jay Z (pictured with Kelly), among others

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In 2000 the disc was printed Tp-2.comalso a success

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In 2002 the singer was found in possession of child pornography material. He appears in a movie where he is in bed with a very young girl

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Its legal vicissitudes begin. He is accused by his ex-wife, Andrea Lee (his former backup dancer, mother of his three children)

Andrea Lee filed a restraining order against Kelly in September 2005 after an assault and filed for divorce in 2006

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In 2008, R. Kelly was found not guilty for lack of evidence.

In 2009 R. Kelly released the single ‘I believe’ dedicated to Barack Obama, then the newly elected President of the United States of America

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In 2013 she sings with Justin Bieber and starts collaborations with the likes of Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige and Lady Gaga (pictured with Kelly)

New accusations arrive in 2018, as a result of which record companies, radios and showbiz boycott the singer