R. Kelly Concert In Atlanta Still On: ICYMI

ATLANTA, GA -- Singer R. Kelly's concert in Atlanta later this month will go on, the promoter told local media, Patch has learned. Live Nation said it will continue to back the singer's U.S. tour in the face of explosive allegations that the singer is running a "sex cult" from a home in metro Atlanta and Chicago.

Kelly is set to perform at Wolf Creek Amphitheater on Aug. 25 in Atlanta. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

Kenyette Barnes-Harper, the legislative and policy director with the Georgia Alliance for Social Justice, formerly the Atlanta March for Social Justice & Women, is organizing a protest at the concert to raise awareness about the allegations against the singer.

"The protest will send a message from the community that the egregiousness of his sexually predatory behavior is not tolerated," Barnes-Harper told Patch in an email interview. "It also sends a message that as a high profile person with a global image, that his influence and power has allowed his behavior to go unchecked. We no longer want this to be the believe."

Live Nation will go ahead with the concert, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The company declined to elaborate.

The claims against the singer, including that he controls the minds of a cadre of women to a point that he even confiscates their phones and gives them new ones that only he can correspond on with them. He also allegedly demands that they wear wear jogging suits to cover up their figures around other men. The allegations stem from the parents of one of the women, a former Georgia Gwinnett College student, and former members of his inner circle, according to a BuzzFeed report.

Barnes-Harper said that she was originally a fan of the "Bump and Grind" artist, but then it all changed.

"Yes, I was a fan of R. Kelly, " she said. "I too listened to his music and enjoyed his talent. However, when the original cases of child pornography and subsequent allegations of sexual misconduct among underaged girls surfaced, my support turned to anger. In addition, I am a survivor of child pornography."

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For his part, Kelly has dismissed the claims as vows to "diligently and forcibly" go after the accusers.

"Mr. Robert Kelly is both alarmed and disturbed at the recent revelations attributed to him," his attorney, Linda S. Mensch, said, according to the Los Angeles Times. "Mr. Kelly unequivocally denies such allegations and will work diligently and forcibly to pursue his accusers and clear his name."

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