Erykah Badu was forced to explain several comments she made about R. Kelly during a recent Chicago concert. Many people in the audience took her sentiments as defending the disgraced R&B star, but she clarified it was simply part of her unconditional love initiative.
But the topic was far from laid to rest. After a Twitter user accused Badu of declining to participate in Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly documentary, she replied, “That’s not true. I’ve never worked with him, don’t know him personally and was never asked to be part of the documentary.”
Evidently, that’s where the series’ producer, Dream Hampton, had a problem with Ms. Badu. She insisted the neo-soul legend was absolutely asked to be in the documentary.
“I asked Producer T. Farris to contact @fatbellybella to be in the doc because I wanted clarity on two things: 1) a quote attributed to her, ‘No one has done more for Black people than R. Kelly’ & 2) what she was thinking when she called him her ‘brother’ at [the 2015] Soul Train Awards.”
Badu wasn’t having it and said, “No ma’am. I WAS NOT EVER contacted by anyone to be in the documentary. @dreamhampton You know that’s not true. I wasn’t a necessary component. You had all the right people, the ones close to the situation…But from now, produce this ‘producer’s’ request or…APOLOGIZE. It’s simple.”
Hampton refused to provide proof and wouldn’t apologize.
“Apologize?” she replied. “Are you kidding? Again, you PUBLICLY said he did more for black people than anyone? If you want to apologize for that, fine, apology accepted, on behalf of Harriet and the whole crew. What you meant by calling him your brother from the stage, I’ll never know.”
She added, “And no, I’m not producing receipts.”
Surviving R. Kelly premiered on January 3 and has been a heavy topic of conversation ever since. In the wake of the series, fans and peers alike have denounced Kelly and his music. Lady Gaga, Chance The Rapper and others have pulled their collaborations with Kelly as well.
I just wish this kind of passion and “outrage” was directed to something more significant. Fine, R. Kelly is a scoundrel. But in the grand scheme of things, does it really deserve this kind of uproar and outrage? What about more important stuff, like, I don’t know, mass incarceration, the president being a Russian lackey, the poverty rate, the destruction of the ozone. Silly me for thinking these things deserve more energy than R. Kelly and his concubines.
Storm, I agree with some of your argument, but you lost me at the President and Russia. If you weren’t so brainwashed and blinded by the real truth, you’d see that we do have huge corruption problems in D.C., but it isn’t Trump. Maybe look into the DOJ, the FBI, Comey, Mueller and the Russia Uranium One deal, the fake Dossier, abuse of FISA warrants, spying ass Obama admin, crooked Clinton Foundation, etc. Cut it out with your Russian and Trump collusion. He’s not the one who personally delivered a sample of our uranium to the Russians, that was Mueller. Trump never profited off selling out Americans, that was everyone else before him. Bye.
Shut your dikk sucker edomite
Damn, you Hardcore Trump Supporters are really brainwashed. I feel sorry for you. Hopefully, you will see the light one day and realize TRUMP DOESN’T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOU. Bye.
Right, exposing a pedophile, who is still on the loose, is not significant? Tell that to the victims’ and their families.
Another fake conscious hypocrite co-signing and defending Black savages as always. Don’t let the dashikis and head wraps fool you, these needgroes are just as bad as the religious people pimps in the pulpit. Unless your abuser was white, you ain’t getting no sympathy…
Dream Trampton is a fake ass lying bitch plain and simple.
Why she gotta be lying? Please explain .
Exactly
i find it funny how dream hampton has the time to call out everyone who didnt want to be apart of her cash grab.. unprofessional as fuck and ull make it so more celebs who work with u bc if they say no ull outcast them..
She needs to demand a new set of teeth from her dentist, old crackhead ass hoe.
More lies from liberals
I so agree with you this whole thing has gotten out of hand. Erykah sends prayer to r kelly and all of a sudden this backlash. This producer is messy period ijs
Why won’t Dream Hampton speak on how her boy Jigga worked with Kelly during all the controversy during the early 2000’s? Didn’t Nas call him out back then?
As usual Hampton cannot produce any evidence.
So the plan is for everyone to jump on the Anti R. Kelly bandwagon… Nah I’m good, they not saying nothing we didn’t know already about him. The questions that are getting answer now is how he did it. You guys helped, and now that he is no longer your cash cow it’s wrong? Smh. Everyone is in a uproar about R.Kelly, something that has no bearing on our lives, yet nobody is wondering what was in those envelopes at the Bush funeral. Hmmmm.