Tyrese Gibson sparks outrage by defending R. Kelly
Tyrese Gibson sparked outrage on social media by defending R. Kelly in a social media chat with rapper Fat Joe.The singer and actor joined Joe for a chat on his The Joprah Show on Instagram TV on Friday (August 7, 2020), during which he spoke about whether Kelly can still be praised as an artist despite being in jail awaiting trial on multiple sex crime charges.During the chat, Tyrese praised Kelly’s music and for figuring, “out a way to change and evolve and stay relevant over all of those years,” before adding that he knew the Ignition hitmaker, “has a lot of controversy and heat on him.”Joe then appeared to be confused and question whether it was a good idea to praise the shamed star, to which Tyrese bizarrely replied by saying that all