Common was recently stopped by TMZ at the Los Angeles International Airport where he was asked about the Surviving R. Kelly documentary and Kelly’s alleged victims. He was emphatic the black community failed to stand up for the young women involved.
“If it wasn’t just black women that R. Kelly had been molesting and abusing, if it wasn’t just black women, he would’ve been attacked by the system in a different way,” he said. “Meaning, the system doesn’t have a value for black women the way they do white women or just other nationalities.”
While he approached both sides with compassion, he insisted what happened to the women in Kelly’s circle was absolutely unacceptable.
“Let me say this, obviously R. Kelly — from everything we’ve seen and what we’re hearing — has issues that has to really, really be worked on, some deep and dark, heavy issues,” he continued. “I’m not one to judge him, but I’m not condoning that ever. I feel for the survivors, man I just feel a lot of compassion.
“We failed as a community because we knew that these things were happening. Instead of trying to be like, ‘Yo, let’s resolve this situation and free these young ladies and stop this thing that’s going on. We just was like, ‘Man, we just rocking to the music.'”
Common also admits he’s just as culpable but is thankful things are starting to change.
“I’m guilty of that myself,” he said. “I didn’t stop and speak against it. R. Kelly from my hometown. At the end of the day, he’s a human being and he has his issues and we see that, but I can’t condone that and I shouldn’t be allowing that to happen. We failed our communities as black people. We should’ve been caring about our young ladies, but we’re stopping that cycle and I think people are aware. We live and learn.”
Surviving R. Kelly caused a Twitter firestorm following the January 3 premiere. The six-part docu-series aired for three nights, culminating with the finale on Saturday (January 5). Consequently, the disgraced R&B superstar is threatening to “sue everybody’ involved.
He also plans to launch a website specifically to discredit the accusers interviewed for the documentary.
At least hes not trying to magically blame white people like Will Smiths ho
White people are still to blame in some way, not for R Kelly’s actions but because the owner of the network that broadcasted the R Kelly docuseries is a Caucasian pedophile.
Yep and all the black people that WATCHED r kelly do this shit since the 90’s and some of them even bringin him underage girls no doubt its the white mans fault that god damn white man we black people are just perfect shoving crack and heroine down one anothers throats and killin eachother over a $150 pair of jordans woop
I mean that is a step in the right direction…he did of course manage to inject race, but at least he wasn’t blaming people who have nothing to do with this shit just becuz they’re the other color and it’s an easy cop out
Don’t put that on us??? I don’t know that dude but I bet Common played pickup basketball with the Pied Piper before
Finally a real man who admits the truth!!! Why Common has the sense
maybe one of this TUFF gangsters should do something abou it
Somewhere along the way, Common went from being a soulful brother to a complete phony. We’ve all known about r Kelly and his disgusting behavior for 10 years now. He is only speaking up at the moment bc it is trendy to bash R Kelly.
well… thats basically what he said. Did you read the article??
“I’m guilty of that myself,” he said. “I didn’t stop and speak against it.
Yep I see my controversial comment got deleted. So no worries, just stay on the bandwagon everybody. Cowards.
Common…Shut the hell up!
Common’s cuck ass needs to shut up and spank it in the corner while a tea one digs out his bitch. R. Kelly was never CONVICTED of a crime. All the SJW, Dindu BLM falicy morons want to throw out due process and lynch old Kellz. He’s definitly is a creep. All of these rapper dudes bang any chick willing to fuck. Some stupid gal goes out on a date with Lil Wayne or Gucci Mane? What would you think dude wants? Dumb bitches.
This is where all this shit gets annoying. It’s black people’s fault to do what prosecutors couldn’t do? Okay. Never mind the irony that you were in the industry damn near the entire time that he was in the industry and are from his home town, beginning at a time when the whole world wasn’t connected by social media, but if you lived in big cities, you knew everything that went on in it like it was a small city if you’ve ever been there and done that during the 90s and early 2000s. It’s like when I got to college and met white hoes from LA, they put me up on shit locally they had heard about the OJ case that people around the country wouldn’t know that made you stop just following the herd and wonder why no one looked at that angle, but that you wouldn’t know if you weren’t from LA.
The only people who failed are the parents who raise money chasing thots. You mean to tell me this man forced these women to live in mansions rent free enjoying a lifestyle they couldn’t afford themselves? Really? You go live in a man’s home with a bunch of other girls not knowing that he will want something in return? Gtfoh he ain’t rap these hoes this whole media circus is ridiculous. The parents kept quiet until the there was a financial motive to speak out? Please kindly stop playing black people for fools.