Throughout his decades-long career, R. Kelly received countless awards. In particular, the Chicago-born singer received 26 Grammy nominations, winning three with the 1997 song "I Believe I Can Fly." He won Best Male R&B Performance, Best Rhythm & Blues Song, and Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or For Television, as it also appeared on "Space Jam's" soundtrack.
Due to Kelly's guilty verdict, however, some have speculated if the Recording Academy might rescind R. Kelly's awards. Speaking with the Chicago Sun-Times, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. set the "record" straight once and for all. Despite calling the singer's actions "disturbing," Mason Jr. admitted that he's not able to give a definite answer right now. "I think it's something that we're going to need to take a good hard look at, have a lot of conversations about, work through and make a decision," Mason said.
"I think it's something that is going to take a little bit more consideration before we can really dictate or decide," he continued. "My initial feeling is we're probably not a business that we want to be in of taking people's awards back after they've been given. But we'll take a good look at it and see." It's worth noting that the Recording Academy only rescinded an award once in their whole history, and that was after Milli Vanilli's 1990 lip-synching scandal, per Stereo Gum.
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