R. Kelly cheered by families at back-to-school parade

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES - As his sexually charged tunes blared from a sound system, he smiled and waved back...

Aug 17, 2011

By KIM JANSSEN Staff Reporter
From Chicago Sun-Times

A man who admits he cannot read and famously beat child-porn charges might not seem the most obvious honorary grand marshal of a children’s back-to-school parade.

But there was nothing but love for superstar R&B crooner R. Kelly at the Bud Billiken parade. Families cheered for Kelly — who has been recovering from throat surgery last month — the entire parade route. As his sexually charged tunes blared from a sound system, he smiled and waved back.

Kelly, 44, acknowledged his literacy problem in 2009, telling an audience, “I don’t even read really, and I’m not afraid to say that. My cousins and brothers used to tease
me ‘You can’t even read right.’ ”

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