Wholesale Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly

"An astonishing document of journalistic doggedness, and one man's decades-long pursuit of justice and truth" (Boston Globe opinion columnist Renee Graham), Soulless is the essential account of R. Kelly's actions and their consequences, a reckoning two decades in the making. In November 2000, Chicago journalist and music critic Jim DeRogatis received an anonymous fax that alleged R. Kelly had a problem with "young girls." Weeks later, DeRogatis broke the shocking story, publishing allegations that the R&B superstar and local hero had groomed girls, sexually abused them, and paid them off. DeRogatis thought his work would have an impact. Instead, Kelly's career flourished. No one seemed to care: not the music industry, not the culture at large, not the parents of numerous other young girls. But for more than 18 years, DeRogatis stayed on the story.