Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois), who goes by the stage name of R. Kelly, is an American rnb singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer who first appeared on the rnb scene in 1991 and came to dominate it throughout the 1990s and in the current decade. A very successful hitmaker, his hits include "Bump & Grind" (1994), "I Believe I Can Fly" (1996), "Ignition Remix" (2003) and "Trapped In The Closet" (2005) "Hair Braider" and "I Wanna Make A Baby "(2008)