R&B singer/songwriter R. Kelly revealed that despite his musical talents, he suffers from illiteracy and barely made it through grade school. The Grammy winner recently spoke at the Midwest Music Festival in Chicago, about the trials and tribulations of starting his career.
"When I was trying to make it out here, I already knew, and I was stubborn about it," he said. "I don't even read really and I'm not afraid to say that. My cousins and brothers used to tease me 'you can't even read right. How you think you're going to come up?' The only reason I graduated from grammar school is because I had a great jump shot. I went to high school and [my teacher] told me 'you will one of the greatest writers of all time.' I believed. You [have to] believe it. You can't believe [anything] if you're hating. You can't achieve [anything] if you're hating."
Pathetic. Instead of wooing teenaged girls and popping champagne he should have been having a sit down with hooked on phonics.
ReplyDeleteYou all shouldn't be making fun of him for not reading! That ain't right!
ReplyDeleteLOL at 12:30p. So true.
ReplyDeletehas he finally learned to read? if not, R Kelly could have kept this to himself. Between him and Fantasia I'm SMH. How do parents let this happen?
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