My mother wasn't rich, and I never seen my father. I was a street performer. I've been shot. And now I'm known around the world, and I've touched a lot of people with my music. That's one of the great testimonies that's gonna go down in history.

Kelly's latest album Love Letter was released on December 14 2010 worldwide. "
In December 2009 Kelly teamed up with biographer David Ritz and Tavis Smiley's SmileyBooks publications to write his memoirs entitled Soulacoaster. In January 2000 Kelly had won Favorite Male Soul/R&B Artist at the American Music Awards and in February was nominated for several Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ("When a Woman's Fed Up") Best R&B Album (R.

Kelly is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. In 2002 and 2004 Kelly released collaboration albums with rapper Jay-Z and has been a guest vocalist for other hip hop artists like Nas Sean Combs and Fat Joe. In 1998 Kelly won three Grammy Awards for "I Believe I Can Fly".