R. Kelly’s daughter Buku Abi opened up during the latest episode of Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta about the struggles she’s faced in light of the allegations surrounding her father.
During the show she stated, “Having to deal with everything in the media with my father is not easy. People are constantly like, ‘How do you feel about the scandals?’ I don’t give a f*** about the scandals. I have an issue with my father. I had to drop out of school. I’ve had parents not let their children hang out with me. I spend a lot of days, or nights, crying. But, like, damn. I’m sad, and I have the right to be sad.”
Abi started to tear up as she spoke about the backlash she got for uploading a video on social media and calling her father a “monster” after the Lifetime documentary “Surviving R. Kelly” aired. She said, “People don’t realize, like, how bad. People don’t realize how bad that hurts, because it’s, like, I didn’t do anything, you know? I didn’t ask to be here.”
Abi then explained that the backlash made her contemplate taking her own life, as she revealed, “We’re still trying to heal from a lot, like, a lot, a lot, to the point where I almost tried to take my life. Like, that is heavy sh*t. And then to turn around and be like, ‘Oh, you should not feel that way. You’re selfish for feeling that way,’ it’s just, like, y’all are really heartless.”
