R. Kelly

[bickering]

"Hey, pappy"
"Don't 'Hey, pappy' me"
"Hm"
"And just get yo' ass on back in them streets"
"Let him in, Randolph!"
"Shut ya ass up, Rosie!"
"Hm"
"Now just get yo' ass on back to bed"
"You so goddamn nosy"
"Well it's my son too!"
"Yeah. Well this ain't got nothin' to do with you"
"And just how the hell you figure that?"
"No-no-now, I don't wanna start nothin' between you two"
"Now you just stay the hell outta this"
"Don't talk to him like that"
"I can talk to him how the hell I wanna"
"Yeah?"
"Don't mock me, Rosie"
"Mama"
"Now you just take your green ass on back out on them corners"
"W-w-w-"
"Open the door"
"Nope"
"Open the door"
"Nope"
"Randolph, open that goddamn-"

Randolph thinks about it
And then he says "Shit"
And then he opens the door
"Come on in, Lucius"
"Mama, that's Pimp-"
"Mmhm"
"Nothin'"
"Now, what you come round here for?"
"I-I need a favor"
"We ain't got no money"
"Now, Randolph"
"Yeah?"
"Now just quit actin' funny"
[?]
"Now what's goin' on, honey?"
"We- I need to borrow a few racks, and a place to lay my head"
"Honey, what's racks?"
"You ain't layin' that head in none of these beds"
"Douglas"
"Damn it, don't call me by my nickname"
"It ain't your nickname"
"Hm?"
"It's your middle name"
[gasp]
"Now go on, Lucius"
"I-I-I-I-I-I"
"Hey, now just calm down, and take your time, baby"

Lucius starts to explain to his mother
How he's been gettin' the strangest phone calls
And then the doorbell starts to ring again, Randolph's like:
"What the hell is goin' on?"
Then Pimp Lucius says "Mama, I'll pay you back the first, if you do this"
"Baby, what's the first?"
"The first chance I get"
"Don't tell me you 'bout to go for this shit, Rosie"
"Randolph"
"Rosie"
"Mama"
"Lucius"
"That's Pimp Lucius"

Now everybody's screamin', goin' insane, while the doorbell's ringin' off the chain
"Yeah? If he gon' stay, damn it, I'm gon' go"
"Ah, shut up Randolph, and get the goddamn door"
"Oh, hell"
"Hm?"
"Well, kiss me, Jesus"
"Well, who is it?"
"It's En Vogue"
"With a new lead singer"

Robert Kelly is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer from the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, where he first started performing under the “L” subway tracks as a teenager. This led into his first album, Born Into the 90’s, being released in 1992 as a collaboration between R. Kelly and Public Announcement. R. Kelly wrote and produced the entire album, which contained the #1 R&B hits “Honey Love” and “Slow Dance,” along with the Top 10 R&B hits “She’s Got That Vibe” (#7) and “Dedicated” (#9). The following year, Kelly went on to become a solo act.

In 1993, he released his first solo album, 12 Play, featuring the hits “Bump N' Grind” and “Your Body’s Callin'.” He released a self-titled album in 1995 featuring the hits “Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)” and “You Remind Me of Something,” while his 1998 double album, R., featured a string of hits, including “I Am Your Angel” with Celine Dion, “When a Woman’s Fed Up,” and his Grammy Award-winning song “I Believe I Can Fly” from the Space Jam soundtrack.

The success of these albums led to him becoming an in-demand producer in the ‘90s, writing and producing #1 hits for Aaliyah (“Back & Forth”), Janet Jackson (“Any Time, Any Place (Remix)”), Changing Faces (“G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T”), Maxwell (“Fortunate”), and Michael Jackson (“You Are Not Alone”).

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Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23–33

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Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23–33

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R. Kelly

Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23–33