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R. Kelly More Powerful Than Ever Following Throat Surgery

By Amos Barshad at

Who, exactly, were the fools deluded enough to wonder whether R. Kelly would return, as glorious and brilliant as ever, from the minor throat surgery he underwent earlier this year? We don’t really know; as far as we can tell, everyone assumed Kelly would make a fast return to the craft he's perfected over 20 years and ten wonderful albums. But to hear the man himself tell it, the world turned on R. Kelly in those dark days — and now he's having his revenge in song form. Earlier today, R. tweeted out a new track, along with the message, “It's been a long time coming but I finally feel a lot better about my throat since the surgery and this is the first song I wrote.” The song’s called “Shut Up,” and it is a musical smackdown of each and every one of those doubting-ass doubters.

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