R. Kelly responds to sexual allegations in 19-minute song
R. Kelly, above, addresses the multiple accusations of sexual misconduct against him in a sprawling 19minute song called “I Admit It” that dropped Monday morning.
The singer strikes a familiar defensive tone in the song, singing about the tall odds he overcame to attain success, accusing haters of trying to destroy his career and hangers-on of spending his money or benefiting from his largesse. He admits “I done made some mistakes” but fiercely denies the strongest accusations against him.
He even addresses the recent accusations that he’s brainwashed and held women in a “sex cult.”
“Said I’m abusing these women, what the f--- that’s some absurd sh---/ They’re brainwashed, really?/ Kidnapped, really?/ Can’t eat, really?/ Real talk, that sh--- sound silly.”
He goes on to contend that the parents of Jocelyn Savage, who have accused the singer of kidnapping their daughter, introduced her to him.
Kelly also acknowledges, as he has in the past, that he suffered sexual abuse an early age: “Now, I admit a family member touched me/ From a child to the age 14/ While I laid asleep, took my virginity.”
He also points a finger at Chicago journalist Jim DeRogatis, who first reported the existence of the sex tape at the center of the child pornography case, ultimately dismissed, against Kelly in 2000. He accuses DeRogatis of building a career off of Kelly’s name.