Youtube deletes R. Kelly’s channels
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Online video sharing and social media platform, YouTube on Wednesday said it has removed two official channels belonging to American Singer and Composer R. Kelly.
“We have terminated two channels linked to R. Kelly in accordance with our creator responsibility guidelines,” a YouTube spokesperson told AFP in a statement.
This comes at the back of calls to ban his music over abuse allegations. Even though Mr. Kelly’s channels are deleted, his music are still available on YouTube music, where third-party uploads of his songs are still allowed.
It is unclear if other music sharing websites will follow suit as his catalogues are still available on major platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music.
He is convicted of operating sex crimes ring that saw him, abuse women and children, for decades.
In September, he was found guilty of nine criminal counts, including racketeering, following six weeks of testimony accusing him of recruiting women and teenagers for sex, before grooming and brutally abusing them.
He is currently incarcerated and faces up to life in prison, with his sentencing hearing scheduled for May 4, 2021.
By Nana Kwesi Coomson
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