Updated Sept. 17, 2008 - For the first time since his trial ended, R. Kelly sits down one-on-one with BET News. Get the answers to the questions you’ve been asking for years.

Don’t miss this one-on-one exclusive! Re-airing on Friday night at 10 p.m. and Sunday night at 9:30 p.m.

R. Kelly, the multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning artist and producer is a man of many talents. He’s topped the charts with No. 1 hits and albums and penned songs for the likes of Celine Dion. Kelly is the go-to guy for remixes and has maintained prolific output and success since he first hit the scene in the early 1990s.

On the flip side and since 2002, the crooner has been embroiled with allegations of child pornography after the Chicago Sun-Times received a videotape that allegedly showed Kelly engaged in graphic sexual acts with a young, teenage girl. Kelly was arrested and charged with multiple counts of child pornography-related offenses. Both Kelly and the alleged victim maintained they were not the ones on the tape. Complicating matters further for the hit-maker were past allegations that Kelly had a history of sexual relationships with under-aged women and had also settled civil suits covering these up.  

This spring and over six years after first being charged, R. Kelly’s case went to trial where he faced 14 charges of child pornography and up to 15 years in prison if convicted. The month-long trial centered on whether Kelly was the man on the videotape and whether a female who also appears on it was underage. After less than a day of deliberations, the jury found the R & B star not guilty on all charges.

Despite his legal woes over the years and setbacks, R. Kelly has maintained a massive following of fans and support. In short, it’s been business as usual. Since the charges first surfaced in 2002, he has sold more than 12 million records. His musical output hasn’t slowed and his popularity has arguably grown. To set the record straight, Kells sits down with BET’s Toure to talk about the trial, his life and future.