While promoting his new album, The Buffet, R. Kelly stopped by Good Morning America and performed a live rendition of his single, “Backyard Party.”
During his performance at the Times Square studio, Kellz also belted out a medley of his old school hits, including “Bump n’ Grind” and “Ignition (Remix).” As noted by Rap-up, the veteran Chicago singer didn’t stick around for an interview.
Last week, Kellz sat down for an interview with Huffpost Live and stormed out when asked about old rape allegations and the impact it has had on his music.
"I say f*ck that," Kelly said before walking out. "I'm not perfect. But I'm perfectly me."
Prior to the disgruntled exchange, he talked with Chris Witherspoon of The Grio and addressed the low album sales for his latest release and his lack of fan support from the black community.
The sales for The Buffet have been slow moving in comparison to Black Panties, which Kelly released back in 2013. As a result, Kelly was moved to send out a video message to fans via Facebook, urging them to support his most recent studio effort.
While talking with Witherspoon, he went more in-depth, describing a lack of support for R&B artists within the black community.
“It’s not about me; it’s not just about supporting R.Kelly,” he said. “It’s about everybody supporting each other. It’s something that secretly nobody really speaks up about it,” he said. “I feel like for a long time our culture hasn’t really supported each other in anything, whether it’s music or anything else. We’ve been putting each other down a lot, and I think that needs to change.”
The Buffet debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200, with 39,000 equivalent album units sold in its first week.
