#cosign: Repost from @demetriallucas using @RepostRegramApp - R. Kelly ainβt shβ. His brothers, manager and the producer who keeps saying how disturbed he was, but kept coming around also ainβt shβ. All these girls parents ainβt shβ, including Aaliyahβs parents who got bought off by Kelly for the equivalent of a monthly light bill. The beloved music teacher? Also, ainβt shβ. Auntie Sparkle? She knew Kelly was controlling and crazy, but brought her niece around because she thought Kelly would not do to HER young niece what he was doing to everyone elseβs young daughter. I ainβt gonna say she ainβt shit, but sheβs negligent as a mβ-fβer. The applause for John Legend for participating in this doc is the equivalent of clapping for a man who avoids jail and raises his kids. JL is doing WTF men are supposed to do. That doesnβt make him great; it does highlight how low the bar is for men. FYIβ active silence about sexual predators condones their behavior. People have been talking publicly about R. Kellyβs rape and abuse of young girls for nearly two decades. MTV, Vibe, the Village Voice, and the entire city of Chicago. So far, thereβs little βnewβ or surprising info in this doc. Aaliyah and R. Kelly got caught having sex? Who among us was surprised that (illegally) married people had the sex with each other? Aaliyah was pregnant? Hadnβt heard it before, but surprised? Um. Likely consequence of unprotected sex which everyone assumed they were having. Everyone knew the stories about Kelly and GIRLS were pretty bad because weβre talking about a grown man abusing and raping children. The details are worse than even I expected. Also, I knew Kelly was married, but I somehow didnβt realize he was married, abusing his wife and still raping and abusing young girls. I always assumed his wife was in on it or turned a blind eye. She was a victim as well. Last thing, stop calling these young girls βfastβ. Even if they were interested in boys and sex, itβs one thing for teens to explore sex with their peers; itβs a shameful and illegal βnother for grown men to exploit a teenage girlβs naivety and the neglect of her parents in order to abuse and rape her. #survivingrkelly https://www.instagram.com/p/BsOij12F64V/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10xmsaf38w0hp