R. Kelly Breaks Social Media Silence To Sing Blissful Birthday To His Estranged Daughter


The singer serenaded his daughter in a brief clip.

The final time R. Kelly shared something on Instagram was January 1, however right now he returned to want his daughter a contented 21st birthday. Kelly’s relationship along with his daughter Joann Kelly has been a strained one, however Kelly took to social media to publicly serenade her. “Blissful Birthday child. Daddy loves you. I like you, it doesn’t matter what, I like you a lot,” Kelly stated within the clip earlier than blowing his daughter a kiss.

Joann, who goes by the title Buku Abi and can be the daughter Drea Kelly, the singer’s ex-wife, beforehand said that she hasn’t seen her father in years, nor does she have a relationship with him. Again in January, she took to social media to interrupt her silence in regards to the sexual assault accusations towards Kelly by writing, “Earlier than I begin I simply need it to be identified that I’m talking from the center, nothing I say or don’t say is to harm ANY get together studying this or affected by this. To the those that really feel I ought to be talking up/towards the whole lot that is occurring proper now. I simply need you all to grasp that devastated is an understatement for all that I really feel at present,” she wrote. “I do apologize if my silence to all that’s taking place comes f as careless.”

“That’s my final intention. I pray for all of the households & ladies who’ve been affected by my father’s actions,” she continued. “Belief, I’ve been deeply affected by all this…My mom, siblings and I’d by no means condone, assist or be a component ANYTHING adverse he has finished and or continues to do in his life.”

Kelly is reportedly on the middle two investigations: one the place he is been charged with 10 counts sexual abuse, and one other that could be a federal investigation into potential intercourse trafficking.