11 Times R. Kelly Stole The Show In 2013
The year was 2013. R. Kelly, the man deemed the most successful R&B artist of past 25 years — Mr. Bump N’ Grind himself — resurged onto the pop circuit. No, he was not itching for a comeback. Robert Sylvester Kelly was just getting started.
1. When a petition called for President Obama to legally change the national anthem to “Ignition (Remix).”
“…America has changed since Francis Scott Key penned our current anthem in 1814. Since then, we have realized that after the show, it’s the afterparty, and that after the party, it’s the hotel lobby, and—perhaps most importantly—that ‘round about four, you’ve got to clear the lobby, at which point it’s strongly recommended that you take it to the room and freak somebody.”
2. When his back-to-basics hit “My Story” shot straight to #1 on Billboard’s R&B list.
And he repped his Chicago roots hard.
3. When Kellz and Gaga teamed up to give us “Do What U Want,” the body-rolling anthem of the year.
4. And its memorable performances which, uh, included more than a helping of body rolls.
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R. Kelly makes his brief SNL cameo one of the most memorable.
8. When he became the only person in the world who could turn “Cookies” into something NSFW.
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An important excerpt from the song:
Like an Oreo/
I love to lick the middle like an Oreo/
Turn up/ Oreo, Oreo, like an Oreo/
I want to bite it and get inside it till I get you gone
9. When “President Kelly” and Gaga channeled JFK and Marilyn Monroe to give one of the best performances at the AMA’s.
And when he peeped up Gaga’s dress for a whole shameless six seconds.
10. And the great “caption this!” moment of the night as he’s sandwiched in a conversation with these two.
11. When he literally rolled through the AMAs red carpet with a big fat cigar in tow.
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