R. Kelly was the honorary grand marshal of the Bud Billiken Parade in Chicago last weekend (August 13, 2011)
Not a big deal right? Well apparently it is to some, considering that the parade is a Chi-town tradition since 1929 AND the event celebrates the importance of family, community and also encourages the youth of Chicago about education.
In other words, Robert Sylvester Kelly was front and center at Chicago’s annual back to school parade!
A man who admits he cannot read and famously beat child-porn charges might not seem the most obvious honorary grand marshal of a children?s back-to-school parade.
But there was nothing but love for superstar R&B crooner R. Kelly at the Bud Billiken parade. Families cheered for Kelly ? who has been recovering from throat surgery last month ? the entire parade route. As his sexually charged tunes blared from a sound system, he smiled and waved back.
?You?re still my baby, no matter what you did!? yelled one fan, Leslie Kaizer, 36.
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