Akon might want to avoid catching up with TMZ for the foreseeable future.
On the heels of his controversial comments about rich people having it worse than poor folks, the “Lonely” artist believes R. Kelly should have a shot at redemption following his conviction on numerous sexual abuse charges on Monday (September 27).
“There is always a way to redeem yourself, but you have to first accept the fact that you’re wrong,” he explained. “He has the right to redeem himself from those mistakes. Even him. He has the right to try to make right by those he hurt.”
Akon continued, “I believe that God makes no mistakes. People can debate back and forth all day but if it’s happening to him, it’s supposed to happen to him, for whatever reason. Now, that’s something that he has to have within himself to re-evaluate his whole life, his way of being, because to get caught up in a situation like that, whatever happens, [it’s] between him and God.”
The New Jersey-bred icon separated the person from the artist and complimented R. Kelly on being one of the best to ever pick up a pen that music’s ever seen. He believes that “can’t be taken away from him.”
R. Kelly was convicted in a Brooklyn federal court on all charges, including sexual exploitation of a child, bribery, racketeering and sex trafficking involving five victims. The acts held against him in the conviction also included his abuse of an underage Aaliyah.
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Once Akon’s comments hit social media on Thursday (September 30), backlash and criticism began to pile up in his direction. He previously drew the ire of Twitter last month when he claimed rich and famous people have more struggles than poor people do while reflecting on the death of actor Michael K. Williams.
Akon isn’t the only rap icon to come under fire for his comments on R. Kelly’s conviction. Earlier this week, Chuck D became Twitter’s public enemy for raising questions about the disgraced singer without outright crucifying his character. Chuck later apologized for his tweets and clarified he believes R. Kelly’s actions were “trash.”
Find more of the reactions to Akon’s comments on R. Kelly below.
on the heels? thats disgusting. does this editor have a foot fetish? please stop using tired creative writing in your reports.
N****, Shut up
I don’t see how he could. This man has done some truly awful things. He’s right about one thing though, you can’t get redemption until you acknowledge what you’ve done wrong. Unfortunately, it seems like R.Kelly never will, but, fortunately, he’s at lest receiving punishment for his crimes.
Same dude who stood next to tekashi smh
Akon really aligns himself with the best of them doesn’t he? Lol
Just say you’re a paedo Akon
Headline should be “Akon confirms he’s a creep and/or possibly a pedophile, rumor has it he likes golden showers as well”
His chance was after the first time he got caught!! He shouldn’t have even had that chance!! Akon love standing next to the wrong people smh Kellz and Tekashi must of had bought land in Akon City
Yeah, ain’t no coming back from that shit…
*Farts*
I respect Akon as a person, I believe he has done plenty of good and has contributed to many charity efforts around the world. With that being said, Fuck Akon for this trash-ass take. It must be very easy for him to spew all that sanctimonious “God doesn’t make mistakes” talk, you know, considering he’s not the one going through all the shit R. Kelly did to those women. And as for the “separate the person from the artist” take, you can’t really do that in this case when it was the artist’s work that enabled him to commit those atrocities. You can’t separate R. Kelly the artist from Robert Kelly the person when R. Kelly the artist is justifying Robert Kelly the person’s ILLEGAL MARRIAGE TO AN UNDERAGED AALIYAH with songs like “Age Ain’t Nuthin But A Number”. I mean come on what are we talking about here? Akon and anyone who agrees with him is just as much as part of the problem as R. Kelly is.
R Kelly if I was you I’ll tell on all they ass because they was in that room with you. They know who they is I’m sure they know who they is. R Kelly if I was you I’ll Sami the Bull they ass ???
This article is false and misleading news. They clearly don’t know what the case was about and what Akon is clearly saying. Take down falsa articles