{"id":1655,"date":"2021-10-06T09:48:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T09:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/CAIiEAqPys1nCRiFzHc_mOzJrp4qFggEKg0IACoGCAow7s8BMNBIMLXUiQY"},"modified":"2021-10-06T09:48:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T09:48:42","slug":"youtube-drops-convicted-sex-trafficker-r-kellys-channels-and-bans-him-forever-the-daily-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=1655","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Drops Convicted Sex Trafficker R. Kelly&#8217;s Channels and Bans Him Forever &#8211; The Daily Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_3780,w_6720,x_0,y_0\/dpr_2.0\/c_limit,w_740\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/v1633512718\/GettyImages-1168903006_zjand0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Mobiledoc\">\n<p>R. Kelly\u2019s YouTube channels have been permanently removed after he was sent to prison for exploiting his fame for decades to recruit multiple women and underage girls for sex. In a statement, YouTube confirmed that two channels\u2014RKellyTV and RKellyVevo\u2014have been taken down for good and the convicted sex criminal won\u2019t be allowed to create or own any other channel at any time in the future. However, Kelly\u2019s music will remain on the company\u2019s audio-streaming service YouTube Music, and other users will be able to upload videos of his music. Kelly\u2019s songs are also still available on Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music. The MuteRKelly campaign, which is trying to cut off Kelly\u2019s revenue streams in light of his conviction, responded with a tweet that said: \u201cWaiting on you @youtubemusic, and you too @Spotify @AppleMusic @AmazonMusic.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"ReadItAtLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/youtube-drops-rb-singer-r-kellys-official-channels-2021-10-06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Read it at <\/span><span class=\"ReadItAtLink__name\">Reuters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R. Kelly\u2019s YouTube channels have been permanently removed after he was sent to prison for exploiting his fame for decades to recruit multiple women and underage girls for sex. In a statement, YouTube confirmed that two channels\u2014RKellyTV and RKellyVevo\u2014have been taken down for good and the convicted sex criminal won\u2019t be allowed to create or own any other channel at any time in the future. However, Kelly\u2019s music will remain on the company\u2019s audio-streaming service YouTube Music, and other users will be able to upload videos of his music. Kelly\u2019s songs are also still available on Spotify, Apple Music and&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut-cbd-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}