YouTube recently removed two of R&B singer R. Kelly’s channels from its video platform, distancing itself from the singer who was convicted of sex trafficking last month.
In a Reuter’s report, R. Kelly was convicted by a federal jury in September in his sex trafficking trial, where prosecutors accused the singer of exploiting his stardom over a quarter-century to lure women and underage girls into his orbit for sex.
The catalog of his music will however be available on YouTube Music, YouTube’s audio-streaming service, and the videos uploaded by other YouTube users will continue to be available.
“We can confirm that we have terminated two channels linked to R. Kelly in accordance with our creator responsibility guidelines,” a YouTube spokesperson in a statement.
‘The MuteRKelly’ campaign, founded by two Black women in 2017 to try to remove the singer’s music from the air waves, in a statement via Twitter said, “waiting on you @youtubemusic, and you too @Spotify @AppleMusic @AmazonMusic, etc.”
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