Allegations continue to build against disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly, following the Lifetime docuseries Surviving R. Kelly.
Hip hop singer Yo-Yo spoke with TMZ Saturday and revealed she too had a "weird" run-in with Kelly.
"[Kelly] was in Los Angeles and I went to his studio to go listen to his new music and my daughter came with me," the singer said. "The sad part was when we got home, my daughter said, 'Mom, someone passed me R. Kelly's number.'"
"It really let me know that there is a real problem," Yo-Yo added. "With all of that going on, for that to still happen — and it happened to me and I'm thinking, 'I'm your friend.'"
The 47-year-old was not clear on the timeframe of the incident; however, it could be speculated to have been recently.
Yo-Yo's daughter was over 21 at the time of the incident, but the rapper told TMZ that Kelly "wouldn't have known that."
Yo-Yo's story comes just a day after Billboard reported Kelly and Sony agreed to part ways. Kelly first signed with the company in the early 1990s, and while no official statement was released, the rapper's name has since been removed from RCA's website.
#MuteRKelly was a campaign that was initially sparked in 2017 after a Buzzfeed report alleged the 52-year-old was holding women captive in his Atlanta and Chicago properties; however, due to the docuseries, efforts against the rapper were ignited once again.
Supporters rallied against RCA and Sony to drop Kelly from the label, launching a petition by Color of Change, which received over 80,000 signatures.
No arrests after been made against Kelly, but his former manager surrendered to authorities Friday on a terrorist threat warrant. James Mason turned himself into Henry County Sheriff's Office in Georgia, according to Atlanta's WSB-TV news.
A warrant was first issued against Mason after he threatened to kill the family of Joycelyn Savage over their claims of Kelly holding Savage in a sex cult against her will.
"Let this be a message to R. Kelly's staff that we won't be bullied or threatened. We will continue to pursue legal action against any and all threats to the safety of the Savage family," he said, adding, "Our goal has always been to bring Joycelyn Savage home safely and we will not be deterred."
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