A radio station in R. Kelly’s hometown of Chicago has stopped playing the singer’s music after the Lifetime series “Surviving R. Kelly” brought renewed attention to the disturbing history of his alleged abusive behavior. Lamont Watts, who runs 95.1 FM Clubsteppin, made the announcement Wednesday in a video posted to the station’s Facebook page. “As you look at both sides and everything going on, and the #MeToo movement, we felt it was the right thing to do,” Watts told the paper. That is all.”“Surviving R. Kelly,” the product of more than 50 interviews, aired over a span of five days earlier this month and pulled in an average of 2 million viewers per installment. Authorities in Atlanta are reportedly investigating the singer’s behavior, and Chicago prosecutors have asked other victims to come forward.

Source: Huffington Post January 12, 2019 21:56 UTC