Check out R. Kelly & Keri Hilson performing “The One” on last night’s Jimmy Kimmel LIVE!  Did you miss it? I did. So special shouts to SinnamonS for sending over the link this morning.

R. Kelly and Keri Hilson joined forces for his new single “Number One” and the video pays homage to Keri’s Atlanta hometown. Featuring DJ Greg Street who shouts out V-103, the video also shows Kelz and Keri saluting Michael Jackson. In one of the scenes in the clip, the duo, who dubbed themselves R. Keri for this collaboration, wears specially made jackets that have Michael’s trademark sparkling effect.

“It’s in honor of Michael Jackson,” R. Kelly said during the “Number One (Behind The Scenes)” video. “Don’t nobody get the wrong impression and try to make it negative. I love my man. I will rep him for the rest of my life.”

Keri added that it was only fitting to honor Michael in the video. “He’s No. 1,” Keri said. “That’s what it’s all about.

Check out the Official Video AND Behind the scenes footage below:

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]]> http://straightfromthea.com/2009/07/01/the-a-list-alter-egos-teenagers-catsuits-backaches-lagerfeld/feed/ 0 http://straightfromthea.com/2009/01/09/single-againback-on-the-prowl-2/ http://straightfromthea.com/2009/01/09/single-againback-on-the-prowl-2/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:50:46 +0000 ATLien http://straightfromthea.com/?p=9083

Singer R. Kelly has been released from the balls and chains of marriage and is free to surf the net for minors mingle with the single chicks!  Most of us are way to old for the former R&B superstar, but hey…maybe he’s changed his ways.  At any rate, for those of you who care….Kelz is back on the market.

Via MTV

The couple, who had been married for 11 years, have two daughters and a son together. “The parties have reached an amicable resolution concerning all issues related to their marriage, and will share joint custody of their three children,” their Chicago-based lawyers said in a joint statement. “The details of this agreement will remain confidential and the family requests that their privacy be respected during this time.”

Despite this “amicable” split, in the fall of 2005, Andrea Kelly, a former backup dancer for the Chicago-based R&B star, went to court to obtain an emergency restraining order against the singer, claiming physical abuse, harassment, stalking and interfering with her personal liberty. She wrote in her petition that she didn’t want any contact with Kelly “at all, by any means.” At the time, Andrea had moved out of the home the couple shared, and R. Kelly released a statement saying, “My wife and I had a heated argument, and we are now in the process of working it out.” The protection order was later rescinded.

The initial split came less than a year after Kelly saw charges dropped against him in Florida for having sex with an underage girl, but amid a long-running court case in Chicago in which Kelly was accused of child pornography based on a widely-distributed videotapethat allegedly showed the singer having sex with an under age girl. He was acquitted of those charges last year.

Kelly was also briefly married to then 15-year-old singer Aaliyah for five months, but that marriage was reportedly annulled in February 1995.

Grand Hustle Comedian and Atlanta resident Lil Duval has flipped the script and shows you how R. Kelly’s interview should have went down.  I’m still laughing…

In case you missed the original:

R. Kelly Speaks! ~ (Full Interview)

Funkmaster Flex tells you how he really feels about R. Kelly… no ifs ands or buts about it!

In case you missed it:

R. Kelly Speaks! ~ (Full Interview)

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Dangerous (Remix) ~ Kardinal Offishal ft. Ludacris & Yung Joc

Slide Show ~ T.I. feat John Legend

Shake It Like A Dawg ~ Keri Hilson ft. R. Kelly

Swagga Like Us (Freestyle) ~ Jermaine Dupri 

Swagga Like Us (Remix) ~ Rick Ross

R. Kelly hit up BET last night to speak about his child pornography trial.  Kelz looked AMAZING…like he just came from some deserted island or something.  He finally got his “grown man” on and has cut off the braids!  He also states that it’s the first…and the LAST time that he’s gonna talk about it so take notes.

In this half-hour special, Kelly sits down with BET host and acclaimed journalist Toure in Philadelphia for his first and possibly final interview to discuss his long legal battle leading up to the not-guilty verdict. The verdict came six years after the R&B superstar was first charged with videotaping himself having sex with an underage girl who prosecutors believe may have been as young as 13 at the time. By answering the hard-hitting questions surrounding his recent case, career, critics and more, Kelly hopes to close this major chapter in his life-once and for all. 

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