Kelly Price Responds to R. Kelly’s Sex Crime Allegations in Interview

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One of her most frequent collaborators over the years, R&B legend Kelly Price admits she’s not entirely convinced of R Kelly’s innocence.

“I think where there’s smoke, there’s fire,” the R&B singer recently told VladTV.

Price, who began collaborating with Kelly in the 1990s, told the outlet that her relationship with Kelly has always been “professional.” Price claimed she was never “exposed” to Kelly’s alleged misconduct, but heard the whispers involving alleged relationships with teenage girls.

“He never brought anything around me. People don’t believe it, but it never brought anything around me,” Price said. “He never acted weird. He never tried to make a pass. We had, absolutely, a brother-sister [relationship].”

She continued, “I think we’ve all heard rumours. Rumors were that he liked underage girls. He never had underage girls around me.

Price said she’s become close to Kelly’s family and suggested that this relationship may be why he remains so professional whenever she’s around.

“I went to Chicago, I went to [Kelly’s] house, played with the kids, cooked for the kids… It was really who I was in this family,” she explained. “So I haven’t been exposed to a lot of other shenanigans. And I think there was a part of him that understood that if I saw [sex crimes]I wouldn’t be like anyone else and I wouldn’t turn my head the other way.

Price then spoke about the sexual abuse and harassment that continues to plague the music industry, pointing out that it’s quite common to see young women and girls being exploited.

“In this business – and no one really wants to talk about it – in this business, it’s not weird, it’s actually the culture,” she said. “It’s culture. Now that I’ve seen. I’ve seen mothers bring their daughters backstage. And that’s the thing that nobody wants to talk about.

The interview was published about four months after Kelly was convicted of a series of criminal charges, including racketeering, bribery and child sexual exploitation. He is now awaiting a sentencing hearing later this year.

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