Robert Kelly Jr: What Happened To R. Kelly And Andrea Kelly’s Son?

Robert Kelly Jr. is the son of R. Kelly and Andrea Kelly. Robert’s father R. Kelly is an American musician, convicted felon, racketeer, and sex offender. His mother Andrea Kelly is an American choreographer, dancer, and actress. Who is R. Kelly’s son, Where is he now? Keep reading to know more.

Robert Kelly Jr: Bio Summary

Who Is Robert Kelly Jr?

Robert Kelly Jr is the son of Robert Sylvester Kelly popularly known as R. Kelly and his ex-wife Andrea Danyell Kelly (née Lee) popularly known as Drea. R. Kelly is widely known as a singer, songwriter, record producer, convicted felon, racketeer, and sex offender. Drea is a choreographer, dancer, and actress.

R. Kelly and his former wife Andrea Kelly gave birth to Robert Kelly Jr in the year 2002. He will be turning 21 years old in 2023. He is not the only child that R. Kelly and Andrea (Drea) have but he is the youngest of the ex-couple’s three children. Robert Jr’s two siblings are Joann Kelly (b. 1998), and Jaah Kelly (b. 2000). Joann is also known as Buku Abi.

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Jaah who was born biologically as a female publicly came out as a trans male at age 14, in a video posted to his then-active Ask.fm account. “I believe I am a boy and want surgery and the medication to help me be who I was supposed to be,” Jaah said in an interview with Paper magazine for its Pride issue. “I identify as a lesbian, I know I like girls, but that’s as far as I’ll go to label myself,” Jaah said.

Robert Kelly Jr’s paternal grandmother Joanne Kelly was a schoolteacher and devout Baptist. Joanne died from cancer in 1993. Unfortunately for Robert Jr and his siblings, their parents are no longer together as a couple. R. Kelly and Andrea Kelly’s divorce was finalized in January 2009 after they were married for 13 years, ​(m. 1996; div. 2009).

Several years after the divorce, Andrea Kelly revealed that she was abused by her then-husband R. Kelly. In 2018, she said on The View that R. Kelly emotionally and physically abused her throughout their marriage. She even added that she contemplated suicide. She claimed that there was a time that R. Kelly “hogtied” her in bed, raped her, and fell asleep while she was still tied. Andrea said her motive for speaking out after she divorce R. Kelly is to help other victims of domestic violence.

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What Happened To Robert Kelly Jr?

Robert Kelly Jr, son of R. Kelly and Andrea nearly didn’t survive. He almost died while he was still in his mother’s womb. His birth came under difficult circumstances for his mom who at the time was dealing with abuse at the hands of his father R. Kelly. Andrea said during Surviving R. Kelly that the stress caused by R. Kelly’s sexual assault and the physical and emotional abuse she dealt with affected her unborn son Robert Jr’s life.

According to her: “I was under so much stress that when I went to the OBGYN they couldn’t find his heartbeat.” She also said: “And I remember getting to the emergency room and I remember coming through the door and they had papers and signing and people were grabbing me and putting stuff in my arm.”

Per Heavy.com, Andrea was informed that doctors had to induce labor right away because they were unsure if Robert Jr. was going to survive. “I went through the labor and I just remember falling so in love with little Rob because he came here so strong,” she revealed. “I was in that much stress.”

Also, Robert Jr’s mother Andrea Kelly revealed that his father R. Kelly stopped paying child support and ‘has no relationship with his children’. R. Kelly was arrested when he failed to pay child support for Robert Jr. and Jaah Kelly but he was back on track with payments. “Even now, financially I am being abused. He stopped paying child support as of June,” Andrea said at the time.

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“When I came out and told my story, that was the last time he paid support. Because again, you can’t abuse me physically … you can’t abuse me emotionally … so you abuse me financially.” Andrea added: “It is very difficult. He has no relationship with his children now. He doesn’t call them, he changed his phone number. We don’t have that phone number. Like, what dad does that? But that’s him.”

“At the end of the day, what do you tell your children? They call him ‘Robert Sr.’”, Andrea stated. “They don’t call him ‘dad’ because he’s so disconnected from his children.”

Robert Jr Is A Music Enthusiast

Just like his older siblings, Robert Kelly Jr also likes music. His sister Joann Kelly is a musician known as Buku Abi while Jaah Kelly raps and produces under the name JaahBaby. Robert Jr reportedly appeared in a music video for his school in 2017. At Griffin Middle School, students created a music video that urged the young ones to concentrate on their studies.

Robert Jr was the one who rapped the second verse in the video, which addresses cramming for tests and the importance of getting good grades. “Do assignments that’s assigned and study every night until you are the best,” he rap. “I study ’til I pass a test. I study, I study, I pass it, I’m stunting and now I’m better than the rest.”

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Robert Jr.’s mother Andrea Kelly re-posted the video on her Instagram handle as she praised her son. “Pleas (sic) check out my baby boy Robert Kelly, Jr. smash this second verse for his school,” she wrote. “Mama is so proud of you! I love you.”

Where Is Robert Kelly Jr’s Father, R. Kelly?

Robert Kelly Jr’s father R. Kelly is currently in prison after he was found guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering charges. As of 2023, he is an inmate at Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago. He was sentenced to serve 31 years imprisonment after he was arrested. He has faced allegations of sexual abuse and abuse against minors.

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According to BBC News, “Combined, the allegations depicted an organized effort from the singer and his associates to recruit and transport underage girls over state lines for illegal sexual purposes, including the production of child sex abuse images, as well as conspiracy to obstruct justice by destroying evidence and bribing or threatening witnesses.”