Funkmaster Flex Responds to R. Kelly

R.Kelly was recently cleared of Child Porn charges, but the saga continues. He recently spoke out about the aftermath of the incident, and even uses the "not guilty" verdict as evidence that he did no wrong. However many people see him and his acts as a "problem." I am one who agrees that he has/had a problem. But I also applaud his power and performance in court to get himself off the hook and his efforts to learn from the experience and change his life.

But then R. went back on TV and tried to find further redemption inthe court of public opinion when (I feel) he should have fallen back and stayed away from this sensitive subject of messin with young girls.
Take a look back at the case and you be the judge.

— by Jennifer Vineyard

It's been more than six years since news broke about the videotape that allegedly shows R. Kelly having sex with an underage girl. The tape was a prime-time punch line for several months, and then seemingly faded into memory as the public either forgot about it, or assumed — given his ongoing success as a recording artist — that Kelly had been cleared.
But the criminal charges against one of today's biggest-selling pop stars have not gone away. Kelly's not accused of just making a sex tape — he's accused of making child pornography. And if convicted, he'll face 15 years in prison.

Kelly and his lawyers have alluded to a possible defense that would suggest the singer has been set up, that he's being blackmailed by a former manager. If the tape is proven to be authentic, however, whether or not Kelly's been blackmailed wouldn't matter in a court of law. If the singer is found to have done what his accusers claim he's done — to have videotaped himself performing sexual acts with his then-14-year-old goddaughter — then he'll be guilty, period.

But how will the prosecution go about making their case? It might seem as if having the videotape would be proof enough, but the situation isn't that simple. Kelly claims that the man in the tape isn't him — and the purported victim (whose identity we won't reveal here) says the girl in the tape is not her, either, and the images on the tape are not clear enough to eliminate all doubt about the identity of the participants.

This leaves the prosecution to attempt to prove three things: that the tape is authentic (not digitally or otherwise manipulated or distorted), that R. Kelly is indeed the man in it, and that the girl in the video was under the age of 18 when the tape was made. If the state's attorneys can prove these three things beyond a reasonable doubt, in all likelihood, Kelly will be found guilty. If not, he walks. But how will they prove those things? And how might Kelly's defense attorney respond? Amid the blizzard of news reports and updates that have arisen in the six years since this story first broke, it's been easy to lose sight of the basics. This article, originally published in 2004, takes a look.

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[KayreeArizmendiTV]

Man I don't know why everybody mad at Flex R.Kelly is the one that pissed on them girls!!!! If that was YOU....yes YOU ...You would be in jail!! Period but because he has money he gets away with it??? how is he any different from chester on a sex offenders list?? Ohhh he makes good music so its ok! This man is on tape pissin on lil girls talking that aint me! Imma pray for this dude..shout out to Flex for taking a stand!

[sexymodelboy]

Damn Flex is ugly

[el84oro]

stfu flex,......r kelly for president

[BujuDuCulu]

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[BigFletchboog]

NOW HIT THE BOMB!!!

[negrogu]

Flex suck cocks 

[kalai131]

btw I had to change George W.Bush's name to Bushy in order for it to get recognized on youtube, when i wrote the full name, a statement below came as "error, something happened", i must be up to something then. hmmm.........

I must be on the right track if youtube is trying to suppress free speech, but the freedom of speech is protected under the bill of rights under the U.S. Constitution. think about that!

[kalai131]

why then did it take them SO LONG to film him doing this? can someone say ILLUMINATI! what about Bushy? you funny people are so upset and crying because R.Kelly "supposedly" peed on some young girls who participated in it. DID YOU KNOW Bushy sent his military to bomb the shit out of Iraq, and many IRAQI girls were killed, blown to bits, and their heads decapitated, why isn't he arrested for that? 15 peed on girls versus 25,000 plus Iraqi girls who were blown apart and killed.

[kalai131]

@KayreeArizmendiTV ok, what if he didn't do it? but some scandalous evil people set him up and said he did, why the heck do you think R.Kelly is so upset and sad over this issue? if he did it, he wouldn't say he didn't do it. you have no idea how EASY it is to forge videos and get alternate images or look alikes to play R.Kelly's role. better yet imagine your father or your brother was brought up on such charges and had to do jail time for an incident that never took place, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL?

[kalai131]

@missswts does anyone remember when the Yeti in California Redwood Forest mated with a Bigfoot, it was something to talk about an interesting couple, they were making all kinds of noises. Secretly married my ass, you have no idea how corrupt and fucked up the Illuminati is, if you gave a flying shit you'd be more concerned about what was going on with the country of the U.S.A. instead of some bullshit lies

[kalai131]

@relentless so stupid as film yourself that too having sex with underage girls and that too peeing on them. just put 2 & 2 together, no way is someone who is so talented in his field,probably one of the best in R&B, who has to be on his best behavior to A&R, bust his butt off for yrs to be one of the best would do something that stupid because just like any other job, he WOULD HAVE A HISTORY OF DOING SUCH ACTIVITES, and would get FIRED for doing obscene activities,CASE CLOSED he was set up

[kalai131]

@relentless i don't think R.Kelly was on that tape at all. look at this like this would you, lets see you worked at the hospital, and you were a nursing assitant, after 1 yr on the job, i'm pretty sure you won't drop a blood soaked hemostat on the ground, and use it to mop the floor, or even worse use it to eat your lunch, now say you bust your butt and were committed and after 10 yrs you became a doctor, then 15 yrs later you became a director of doctors, you wouldn't do something,