Rapper R. Kelly’s daughter claimed in a book and in a two-part documentary series that her father molested her as a child. Buku Abi, whom Kelly shares with ex-wife Andrea “Drea” Kelly, detailed her alleged abuse in an episode of the “Karma: A Daughter’s Journey” series.
Although his daughter was not part of the prosecution R. Kelly was convicted of abusing several underage girls and remains behind bars.
Karma: A Daughter’s Journey
Abi is one of the rapper’s three children with ex-wife Drea Kelly. The couple married in 1996 and divorced in 2009. The now 27-year-old Buku was the couple’s oldest child.
Buku Abi’s given legal name is Joann Kelly. She started using a different name to separate herself from her father’s last name.
She wanted everyone to know Buku Abi was ‘a different person’ from the child who was abused.
Buku Abi: A Survivor’s Journey
After Kelly’s arrest in 2019, she posted a public condemnation of her father. She called him a “monster” and said, “it has been years since my siblings and I have seen or have spoken to him.”
