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352 - R. Kelly's Sex Cult

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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Kelly and Alia's Marriage

R. Kelly wrote the demo and it made its way to Michael's managers and then to the man himself. The song would eventually be released in August 1995 becoming MJ's first number one hit after his own child sex scandal. In 1993, Evan Chandler, a dentist and screenwriter based in L.A. accused the singer of sexually abusing his 13-year-old son Jordan. Our Kelly performed backing vocals on the collaboration and of course our Kelly would have no problem working with someone else in the middle of a sex scandal. What a perfect match. Who would both like to f**k with kids?

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