Over the summer, while reading something else, I found a link to this Village Voice story about R. Kelly’s legal and personal history. I had some vague knowledge -- everybody probably does -- but something about this story surprised me and made me want to make it available to you. I think, on a very basic level, I was simply surprised by how little I knew, and how much seems to have been ignored. In this course’s syllabus we don’t directly engage questions linking law / legality and entertainment, but I’m happy to talk through any thoughts you may have.