R. Kelly Opens the World Cup, Magically

If you were sleeping or commuting to work, or it somehow slipped your mind that R. Kelly was appearing at the World Cup Opening Ceremony in Johannesburg, South Africa, this morning, there is now video of him performing his glorious FIFA anthem, "Sign of a Victory," an hour ago. On his knees! And in what appears to be two winter coats! (It's nearly 60 degrees in Johannesburg today.) Look at that sparkling hood! Also, in ostensible promotion of his new song, he's given a pair of delightful interviews — one to the AP in which he says he hopes that everybody will be as touched by "Victory" as he was when he first heard it in his head, and another to The Wall Street Journal in which he describes his amazing writing process:

Kelly describes himself as a "method writer" and when he took the assignment, he signed up to run some drills with the Chicago Fire professional soccer club in his hometown to get more of a feel for the game. He also watched the film Invictus, a movie set in South Africa about the 1995 Rugby World Cup, and bought some books about soccer from Borders. “My sport is basketball,” he says.

That is some serious dedication to one's craft. Did Shakira go to Borders or watch Invictus? We doubt it. Click for the video.

http://nymag.com/daily/en...up_on.html

and I'm guessing Nelson Mandela's granddaughter is up there because of R Kelly's all night googling, as well as guess her muff.....

BklynBabe said:

and I'm guessing Nelson Mandela's granddaughter is up there because of R Kelly's all night googling, as well as guess her muff.....

She died in a car crash, genius.

trueiopian said:

BklynBabe said:

and I'm guessing Nelson Mandela's granddaughter is up there because of R Kelly's all night googling, as well as guess her muff.....

She died in a car crash, genius.

Really? So sad!

that's so sad for the Mandela family.

A heartbroken Nelson Mandela has pulled out of today's football World Cup opening ceremony in South Africa after the death of his great-granddaughter in a car crash.

Zenani Mandela, 13, was killed on the way home from last night's pre-tournament concert in Soweto, where tens of thousands of people sang and danced with pop stars including Shakira and the Black Eyed Peas.

It meant that a day the frail Mandela had long anticipated – his "rainbow nation" performing a new miracle under the world's gaze – became instead one of private grief and mourning.

http://www.guardian.co.uk...ter-killed

trueiopian said:

Nice performance! He's getting lots of good press for a change

Y'all remember this?

Coonery at its finest!!!!

midiscover said:

Y'all remember this?

Coonery at its finest!!!!

R Kelly= Ghetto hot mess; "Coonery at its finest".

midiscover said:

Y'all remember this?

Coonery at its finest!!!!

-face palm-

This is my first time seeing this AHAA!!!

I swear he's the weirdest person in music. CDFU! and I love it! He made it his own and fuck him for bringing his steppers to dance to the national anthem.

"Clay ya hands, y'all!"

Look at the guy in the audience at 1:41!! He looks stunned

Coonery and all at least he hit the right notes unlike some ....

trueiopian said:

Look at the guy in the audience at 1:41!! He looks stunned

OMG!! i never saw the before... That's is tooooooooooooooooo damn funny!!

and the guy at the 1:41 mark... LMAO!

One of the best performances in VMA history:

Modern day Shakespeare!

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His performance was pretty dismal, as was to be expected.

trueiopian said:

One of the best performances in VMA history:

Modern day Shakespeare!

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LMAO!!! He could have at least try to use some kind of mic... Oh Kellz... He's too much!

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LMFAOOO at the miming in the VMA performance. He wasn't even lipping on time and everyone was still clapping and jumping up and down

Another legendary WTF moment:

Genius.

That nutty talented mothafucka!!

midiscover said:

Coonery and all at least he hit the right notes unlike some ....

DAMN!

WHat the fuck happened to Anita?

NastradumasKid said:

midiscover said:

Y'all remember this?

Coonery at its finest!!!!

R Kelly= Ghetto hot mess; "Coonery at its finest".

Sounds to me like he was trying to do it like Marvin Gaye:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...RvVzaQ6i8A

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Now, THAT'S how it's supposed to be done!

Kellz did his thing! He looks inspired and grateful The song sounds a lot better at a grand stage like that. When I first heard it on youtube, I didn't like it as much as when it was performed there. Another great tune added to the already decent discography of his inspirational songs like, I Believe I Can Fly, The Storm Is Over, Let Your Light Shine, Relief, Rise Up, etc.

Those threads still as messy as ever ......

A mess

VenusBlingBling said:

NastradumasKid said:

R Kelly= Ghetto hot mess; "Coonery at its finest".

Sounds to me like he was trying to do it like Marvin Gaye:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...RvVzaQ6i8A

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Nah, it was his rendition of the national anthem. He just re-arranged it to suit his style LMAO!