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Jim DeRogatis

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Co-host Sound Opinions. Contributor The New Yorker. Associate Professor, Columbia College Chicago. Author SOULLESS: THE CASE AGAINST R. KELLY (click link below)
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Transparency didn't delay justice for R. Kelly or Jeffrey Epstein. Prosecutors did.

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By Jim DeRogatis Verified, Seth Stern Verified
| Columbia Journalism Review Verified
The first lawsuit against R. Kelly, the disgraced r&b superstar, for sexual abuse of a minor was filed in 1996, nearly a quarter-century before he would be held accountable in a court of law. Tiffany Hawkins was fifteen when she said she began a sexual relationship with Kelly, who was nine years older. He had met her in the sophomore choir class-he frequently returned to visit the class at the same high school he'd attended before he dropped out-and she became one of his backup singers.
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Metal never would have existed without Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne

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By Jim DeRogatis Verified
| New York Post Verified
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Metal never would have existed without Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne

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By Jim DeRogatis Verified
| Yahoo Entertainment Verified
Collage of Ozzy Osbourne singing, then a photo of Black Sabbath. Generate Key Takeaways Heavy metal is the musical genre most prone to hyperbole — “This one goes to 11,” as Spinal Tap said — but it’s no exaggeration to say metal would never have existed without Black Sabbath, and rock in general would have had much less roll without its singer, co-founder and indelible character Ozzy Osbourne.
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