It Could Have Been Me

A Realization After Surviving R. Kelly.

Photo: Jay Smith

There will be a million think pieces about Surviving R. Kelly, the six-part docuseries that aired on Lifetime in early January. But I couldn’t help but think of how easily it could have been me recounting stories of being a young woman just trying to “make it” in the music industry. Until the series, I likely never saw myself in the young women that were being…