However, as writer and sexual assault survivor Tarana Burke has observed at Atlanta Black Star, “There have been enough written, as well as exposés and articles and timelines about the horrendous sexually predatory behavior of Robert Sylvester Kelly. Even as he remains a public icon-whose hit song “Step in the Name of Love” from his 2003 album, Chocolate Factory, still keeps Black folks on their feet at family cookouts-he has failed to publicly account for his wrongdoings. And while I am not in the position to cast the proverbial first stone, it is important to note Kelly has not publicly reckoned with the wrongs he has been accused of committing. Kelly’s list of sins, evils if you will, are long seemingly. Earlier this year, Rolling Stone published a timeline of Kelly’s sexual indiscretions, beginning most notably in 1994 when Kelly married the late singer Aaliyah, who was 15 at the time of their nuptials.
