From strip clubs to theatres and now back to church, R. Kelly’s music continues to echo in the hallways of treasured establishments across the globe. However, on a more serious note, the prolific songwriter has penned a new song called “I Know You Are Hurting” specifically for the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown.
The US media has been fixated on the victims of the Sandy Hook shootings but instead of focusing on the mindset of the killer, R. Kelly’s “I Know You Are Hurting” is all about the children and their families. In fact, he doesn’t even sing on the song and hands the mic to a moving young choir.
Listen to “I Know Yo Are Hurting” below in memory of the young lives lost: