I was wondering if there would ever be pushback for R Kelly's actions. He has been a well known pedaphile for years now. I recently overheard two women from Chicago talking about how they remember him driving around their high school to pick up girls.  Honestly, the support for R Kelly over the years ever since his actions were made public always greatly upset me, and I don't mean just the disturbing sex tape where he peed on a girl, but the series of stories that have surfaced and the general public's complicity in condoning his behavior...Whenever I have addressed R Kelly's transgressions, people have chastised me saying "What about forgiveness?" To which I ask "Do you forgive Sandusky?".... Anyhoo it looks like the chickens are just starting to come home to roost...

Late Monday, an Ohio music festival announced they had "decided to part ways" with Kelly and canceled his concert.

In a statement shared with HuffPost by the festival, a Kelly spokesperson said, “R. Kelly is sorry to disappoint his fans, but looks forward to seeing them in the near future during one of his upcoming tours.”

The original story continues below.

An Ohio music festival has found itself in a difficult position on the heels of its booking of controversial R&B singer R. Kelly as one of its headliners.

The Fashion Meets Music Festival, slated for Aug. 29-31 in Columbus, Ohio, has run into a number of troubles since they announced last month that Kelly would be playing their inaugural fest alongside jam band O.A.R. and Destiny's Child alum Michelle Williams, among others.

Earlier, two Ohio-based bands -- Damn the Witch Siren and Saintseneca -- have dropped out of the lineup since Kelly's booking was made public and Sunday Columbus Alive reported that radio station WCBE 90.5 FM has withdrawn from sponsoring the festival, also due to Kelly's previous addition to the lineup.

As WBEZ's Jim DeRogatis notes, ticket sales for the "I Believe I Can Fly" singer's previously-scheduled performance at the festival -- which started at $58.50 plus fees -- also appeared to be selling very slowly.

The pushback stemmed from Kelly's past allegations of child pornography and sexual assault, a story DeRogatis helped break and Jessica Hopper detailed in a viral news story for the Village Voice in December 2013.

"We feel [R. Kelly's] selection as a performer ignores his very serious allegations of sexual violence and assault," Saintseneca said in a statement explaining their decision. "We feel it is an affront to all survivors, who are already often overlooked and forgotten in our society." The band plans to host an alternative concert benefiting victims of sexual assault.

In response to the criticism, Fashion Meets Music Festival co-founder Bret Adams had previously defended the booking to Columbus Alive, noting that Kelly was acquitted of the allegations in 2008, saying, "we're not the morality police."

Kelly also headlined the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago last year, a booking DeRogatis lashed out against but which was not met by any bands or sponsors dropping out from the event. Kelly also played the Bonnaroo and Coachella festivals in 2013.

(SOURCE)

Grammy winning trendsetting pioneer, Jody Watley is an icon both in music, dance, fashion & more!  I was so excited when I stumbled across this NEW track on twitter. Shouts to SoulTracks.com.  She just released it and I love it.  It was the first piece of music I played this morning and I kept playing it again and again.  It is funky, groovy, spiritual and soulful.  It set my mood right and made me feel motivated and positive.  I had to get a full copy of her new CD PARADISE immediately!  You can get you some too on itunes, amazon & jodywatley.net! On top of playing all this good music -- she tweeted me this morning! Yes Ms Watley did! We had a conversation.  This is why I appreciate twitter. Jody loves Rahsaan Patterson who I am interviewing tomorrow on The Scene & we briefly talked about him. See an excerpt below lol

Stay close 'cause you know I plan to interview Jody for The Scene.  (my inner diva is screaming right now)  In the meantime, peep the phenomenal artist she adores Rahsaan Patterson.  That boi is one of the baddest singers/songwriters out here. If you don't know, you bet' WAKEUP! In fact, let me help u.  Check him out in concert here, and tomorrow on The Scene SiriusXM 141 HUR Voices.  #StillAThrill

Nina Millan is da bomb and absolutley hilarious.  This is her latest installment of the Beyoncelogues: Single Ladies, where she does a dramatic read of Beyonce's lyrics. You will never hear Single Ladies the same way again! Uh oh!  Warning you will laugh yr butt off. I did!

Want some more?  Here are her previous installments

I woke up this morning with this song in my heart!  You make life sooo goood.  So excited Rahsaan Patterson is the guest on my show #TheScene this Thursday 12:30pET on SiriusXM 141 HUR Voices (HURvoices.com). If you don't have siriusXM, you can do a free trial at www.siriusxm.com.

Oh my! I know celebs try to protect their children as much as they can from the public, but outright denying them? That is what Sebastian 'Tian' McKissack, the alleged son of El Debarge and Pebbles Reid is saying in a new tell all book called "Deceptions of Achieving" set to drop August 25th.

rhymeswithsnitch.com reports not only did El Debarge & Pebbles hook up but that they indeed have a love child. Rumors have been around for a while but came to light in a more concrete way when Diary of a Hollywood King posted an interview with McKissack where McKissack said he was the child of Pebbles and an unknown doctor.  THEN, El Debarge's mother responded to McKissack's interview by saying McKissack's father was not a doctor but was El Debarge and that McKissack actually lived with her between 2007-2009.   (You can read more about that here)

If Mckissack was indeed lying in that interview, what's to say he is not lying now? Why would El Debrage's mother lie? Was that REALLY her saying El is the father? HMMM. It's all quite crazy isn't it?  He does look like them though doesn't he?  Peeples must be PISSED!!

“Deceptions of Achieving” will detail how Pebbles and El Debarge's decision to not acknowledge their alleged son affected his life.  McKissack will also share how being sexually abused as a child impacted him as well.

Provided all of this is true,  I hope that some good will come out of it.  Scandalous family secrets like this can keep the people involved in some serious emotional pain, fear and turmoil.  Either way I hope McKissack gets the help he needs...'cause even if this is a publicity stunt, it is a indeed a sick one.

Speaking of sick, I can't helps but sing "If you want a ride in my Mercedes boy..." Terrible isn't it. I know!

Pray for all of us!  Lawdt knows we all need it!

If you are a Lauryn fan like I am, I know you were like OK Lauryn please don't start the pattern of being late to concerts again.  I hate negative press for our girl, but here is what TMZ is reporting:

Hill played the House of Blues in Chicago last week, and our HOB sources tells us she was supposed to start playing at 10:30 -- but...didn't actually make it  to the stage until 11:20.

Once she did, most accounts say Lauryn's opening song performance was terrible, and when a fan called her out and flipped her off ... she berated him and had him tossed by security.

The person who shot this video tells TMZ they decided to leave after 2 more songs (which they called "rushed and sloppy") ... and say they saw a huge line of people at the box office asking for a refund.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2014/07/23/lauryn-hill-concert-video-rant-disrespectful-fan-house-of-blues/#ixzz38MSDoEdD

Cissy Houston is not happy about Lifetime's biopic about her late daughter.

The gospel singer issued a statement to Entertainment Tonight on Tuesday criticizing the network and those involved in making the television movie, which stars Yaya DaCosta as Whitney Houston and Arlen Escarpeta as her ex-husband Bobby Brown.

"Lifetime has chosen to go ahead with the movie about Whitney in spite of my family's objections," Houston said. "No one connected with this movie knew Whitney or anything about her relationship with Bobby."

"In the two years since Whitney's death, many people have stepped forward to speak about their close relationship with her," she continued. "I find it difficult to believe people who knew and supposedly loved her would participate in a movie about her done by folks who didn't know her."

"We are exhausted by the continuing misinformation and comments offered by people who did not know her," the statement concludes. "Please please let her rest."

The octogenarian's remarks are curious, considering that her daughter's "Waiting to Exhale" co-star Angela Bassett is directing the film. Deborah Cox, who is recording vocals for the biopic, also knew Houston since they sang duet on the song "Same Script, Different Cast."


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/whitney-houston-mom-slams-lifetime-biopic-article-1.1877390#ixzz38MKM4cvR

Common is one of those artists that is thoughtful and substantive, let alone fine as HELL!  And you know The Breakfast Club on Power 105 will go in and fearlessly ask all kinds of stuff -- In this interview, Common talks abt violence in Chicago, music, acting, broadway, Captain America, marriage as well as his relationships with Erykah, Serena, Taraji and more.  I love it when Charlamagne says - You ain't the kind of artist that will be looking stupid performing your work on stage when you're older -  LOL! Enjoy!

Kelly Rowland was spotted shopping at Juvenile Shop in Sherman Oaks, Calif., over the weekend—and E! News reports that her registry is entirely built for a baby boy!

Multiple sources tell E! News that Rowland and husband Tim Witherspoon are expecting a son, but it's not as if that news comes as a surprise. Not only did Rowland reveal that she was expecting by posting a pair of baby Air Jordans next to her hubby's far bigger hightops, but former Destiny's Child mate Michelle Williams went and spilled the beans in June.

"I'm so happy that I have another nephew coming to babysit for a few hours and give back to its rightful owners," Williams told HipHollywood at a pre-BET Awards event. "She just looks so wonderful, I'm so happy for her."

In addition to boys' clothing, among the goodies Rowland has registered for are: A Ferrari F1 Baby Walker (for the little luxury sports car enthusiast within), a Skip Hop Pronto! Changing Station, a Nuna travel crib and a ton of Belly Bandit shapewear.

The 33-year-old mommy-to-be was also overheard squealing, "OMG, this is so little...this is so cute!" while examining some little blue onesies.

Rowland also, not surprisingly, looked as though she was either coming from or on her way to workout (don't you carry a Chanel bag to the gym?). She's been keeping her fans in the loop regarding her still-kickin' fitness routine, sharing pics of herself doing yoga, on the treadmill and more.

—Reporting by Claudia Rosenbaum (SOURCE)

I absolutely love this interview w/the incomparable Chaka Khan on Wendy Williams.  I think you will enjoy it too!