It hit me like a tonne of bricks on Friday afternoon when my team and I were drinking in the office- R.Kelly is a pedophile. I mean, we've known for years, but it really hit me- wow, this man has been targeting underage girls for sex with impunity for years. Not only is he a pedophile, one of the most heinous criminal acts known to man, but he has had fans of his music to conspire willingly with him to masks his crimes behind his musical genius. He has been telling us for close to two decades now "This is the Pied Piper of R&B." And we've been repeating it in the clubs, in the car, in the shower, I bet you said it in your head in his voice. It's sick. It's scary.  Do you know how brazen it is to tell people what you are in your songs? When my good friend Genna reminded me of the etymology of the name the Pied Piper, citing it as the reason she didn't want to hear Back & Forth in the office, I felt sick.