R. Kelly - As Big a Douche as Kanye West?

The 'I Believe I Can Fly' warbler said: "My greatest competition is, well, me . . . I'm the Ali of today. I'm the Marvin Gaye of today. I'm the Bob Marley of today.

"I'm the Martin Luther King, or all the other greats that have come before us. And a lot of people are starting to realize that now," reports Hip-Hop Soul Magazine.

R Kelly is due in court this summer over child porn allegations.

If ego was gold, Kanye and R. Kelly would own the world (along with Rickey Henderson).

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Clarkson Guitar Steals Show at Dimebag Tribute

Pop star Kelly Clarkson's artistic skills paid off at an auction in Hollywood on Thursday night (May 17th) when a guitar she painted to raise cash for a children's charity raised $3,000. The "Breakaway" singer decorated an axe and turned the instrument into the auction's highlight - beating out bids for guitars designed by rockers Dave Navarro and Rob Zombie. But there was a very special reason behind Clarkson's offer to help raise cash for the Little Kids Rock charity - the auction was held as part of a House of Blues tribute to late rocker `Dimebag' Darrell Abbott. The pop star is a longtime fan of Abbott's bands Pantera and Damageplan, and once waited on the tragic guitarist when she worked in a restaurant he frequented. Clarkson wasn't able to make it to the tribute concert, which featured stars like Navarro, Anthrax's Scott Ian and Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell. Abbott was shot dead by a crazed fan during a show in Ohio in December, 2004. Thursday was a very special day for Abbott's family - before the concert, the guitarist was posthumously inducted into the Hollywood Rock Walk on Sunset Boulevard.

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