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352 - R. Kelly's Sex Cult

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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R. Kelly's Secret Life

In 1993, R. Kelly releases his first solo album, 12 Play. Sold more than 6 million copies just in the US. Garnished three top 30 pop hits with bump and grind,. your bodies calling and Sex Me Parts 1 & 2. And while this album was crushing it, Barry Hankerson introduced Kelly to his niece, Alia. Soon after she began recording the debut album that R. Kelly wrote, produced and titled for her. But a number later sources would say that they were having sexual contact by the time of her very first recording sessions when she was 14 years old.

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