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R. Kelly has been getting shredded in the public the last 24 hours following the airing of parts one and two of Surviving R. Kelly, which is a Lifetime docuseries investigating the sexual abuse allegations against him. However, the lifetime docu-series hasn’t stopped fans from streaming the singer’s music. Instead, RKelly music sales has boosted since the airing of Surviving R Kelly.

Following the series premiere on Thursday night (Jan. 3), Kelly’s songs saw a streaming increase of 16 percent on Spotify. The Blast confirmed as much with a Spotify rep earlier today Friday (Jan. 4.)

This news might strike some as ironic considering that the streaming company tried removing the singer’s music from the platform’s promoted playlists, in accordance with the company’s controversial hateful content policy.

The move didn’t appear to have any affect on the streaming of Kelly’s music, and there was even an increase before Spotify eventually backtracked the move all together.

Surviving R. Kelly is a six-part docuseries that focuses on R. Kelly’s alleged victims and associates sharing intense and at times disturbing stories about their relationship with the veteran R&B singer. Kelly’s ex-wife Andrea Kelly, as well as Jerhonda Pace, Kitti Jones, Asante McGee, Lisa Van Allen, singer Sparkle and many more all appear in the docuseries.

In a letter sent to the network, Kelly’s legal team warned that the six-part program is “packed with lies” and that a lawsuit would be filed immediately if the series aired, but Lifetime went ahead with the premiere as scheduled. Kelly’s team has not yet responded.