Black Sheep Hit: "She's Got That Vibe" was the first song that really got him some attention, but unlike his big hits that would come later, which were either hip hop/R&B tracks or Award Bait ballads, it was an energetic and upbeat dance track.
Chart Displacement: He had two #1 singles in the US. One can assume they were "I Believe I Can Fly" and "Ignition", but both of those stalled at #2. They were actually the still remembered "Bump n' Grind" and the long-forgotten Céline Dion duet "I'm Your Angel". The former two both hit #1 in the UK, however.
Keep Circulating the Tapes: After being convicted of all charges in his Brooklyn trial in September 2021, YouTube removed his official channel and VEVO channel from the service, removing many of his music videos and promotion videos from the site in the process, aside from reuploads from other users.
Role-Ending Misdemeanor: The sexual misconduct cases he accumulated over the course of a decade came back to get the best of him in May 2018, when Spotify stopped promoting his music following their policy on "hate content and hateful conduct", although the music was still available on the service. Then, in the first week of January 2019, the six-part documentary Surviving R. Kelly was released, going into even greater detail about his sexual misconduct than anything before it, which culminated in a series of further revelations. Soon, he became the subject of a criminal investigation in Georgia, an arrest warrant was put out for his manager, Kelly was dropped by RCA Records, and numerous prominent people, including Chance the Rapper and Lady Gaga, publicly regretted ever working with him. He was charged with sexual abuse of underage girls in the Federal Courts of Chicago and Brooklyn, as well as state charges in Chicago and Minneapolis. As of September 2021, he has been found guilty of all charges in his Brooklyn trial and faces up to 100 years in prison.
