R. Kelly Says He Feels Like Osama Bin Laden

Yahoo! Music, Sep 15, 2003 1:00 pm PDT
(9/15/03, 1 p.m. ET) -- Grammy Award-winning R&B singer R. Kelly recently shared with Blender magazine that the backlash from his pending child pornography case has caused him to feel like Osama bin Laden.

Kelly told Blender, "People can say whatever they want about you without knowing the facts. They can criticize you without even knowing you and hate you when they don't even know you. All of a sudden, you're like the bin Laden of America. Osama bin Laden is the only one who knows exactly what I'm going through."

R. Kelly is currently awaiting trial in Illinois's Cook County on 21 counts of child pornography, with charges relating to a videotape that allegedly shows the singer engaged in sexual acts with a minor. He also faces child-pornography charges pending against him in Florida, stemming from photographs authorities say they found on his digital camera. The singer is scheduled to return to court on September 26.

In related news, Kelly released his first ever greatest hits set, the 'R.' In R&B Collection Volume 1, on September 9 on Jive Records. The first single from the set is "Thoia-Thoing."

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