«Breaking News» Drake’s dad voices support for 'friends' R. Kelly and Jussie Smollett

Drake's father has voiced his support his 'friends' R. Kelly and Jussie Smollett. 

Dennis Graham was chatting about his new single to Variety when he was asked to give his thoughts on R&B superstar Kelly and Empire star Smollett. 

'He’s a good friend of mine. I wish him the best. I hate that it’s happening to him. There’s a reason why women come out after the fact. He has my support 100%,' Graham said of Kelly who was released from custody on Monday after posting $100,00 bail. 

Hours before his release, Kelly, 52, pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of aggravated criminal sex abuse against four victims, three of them minors.

Drake's father, Dennis Graham (left with Drake), said that his friend R. Kelly (right) 'has my support 100%'

Hours before his release, Kelly, 52, pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of aggravated criminal sex abuse against four victims, three of them minors

Kelly surrendered to Chicago police Friday, after a documentary series refocused attention on decades of accusations against him, including possession of child pornography, sex with minors, operating a sex cult and sexual battery.

After a dramatic trial, Kelly was acquitted in 2008 of child pornography charges, also in Chicago. 

The new 10-count indictment included three people who were minors aged between 13 and 16 when the alleged abuse occurred.

Kim Foxx - the state's attorney for Cook County, which includes Chicago - told journalists the alleged crimes occurred between 1998 and 2010. 

The charges carry three to seven years of prison time each. 

Kelly's lawyer said the charges were based on old and false accusations, adding that 'all of the women are lying.'

In the controversy surrounding Smollett, Graham said that the 36-year-old actor 'has been misunderstood'. 

'As a matter of fact, they know that. That story that came out about Jussie in Chicago is not true about Jussie. Jussie is a friend of mine, also. They have totally reconstructed his story,' Graham said. 

Smollett was arrested last week and charged with filing a false police report of a hate crime.

He claimed two white men cornered him around 2am in Chicago on January 29.

In the controversy surrounding Smollett (right), Graham (left) said that the actor 'has been misunderstood'. 'That story that came out about Jussie in Chicago is not true about Jussie. Jussie is a friend of mine, also. They have totally reconstructed his story,' Graham said

Smollett said the men threw bleach on him, tied a noose around his neck and yelled 'f****t', 'n****r' and 'This is MAGA country!' 

However, after three weeks of investigation, Chicago police publicly announced that they believed Smollett made up the attack.

Police added that they believe Smollett paid the brothers to pretend to attack him because he was upset with his salary on Empire.  

Chicago police charged Smollett with disorderly conduct. He was released last week after posting $10,000 cash. He was ordered to surrender his passport.

Actor Terrence Howard, who plays the father of Smollett's character on Empire, also expressed support for his fellow cast member amid the allegations.

Howard, who plays music mogul Lucious Lyon on the Fox television series, took to Instagram and posted a video of Smollett holding a giggling baby boy with the message: 'All your lil homies got you... We love the hell outta you.'

The post on Saturday came a day after Empire producers announced that Smollett's character, Jamal Lyon, would be removed from the final two episodes of the season, saying cast and crew were affected and they made the move 'to avoid further disruption on the set'.

Link hienalouca.com

https://hienalouca.com/2019/02/28/drakes-dad-voices-support-for-friends-r-kelly-and-jussie-smollett/
Main photo article Drake‘s father has voiced his support his ‘friends’ R. Kelly and Jussie Smollett. 
Dennis Graham was chatting about his new single to Variety when he was asked to give his thoughts on R&B superstar Kelly and Empire star Smollett. 
‘He’s a good friend of mine. I wish hi...

It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.

Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.

Dianne Reeves US News HienaLouca





https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/28/06/10394438-6754793-image-m-97_1551335775680.jpg