Over the last year, as the national conversation around sexual misbehavior has shifted, Mr. Kelly has begun to feel a reckoning. A #MuteRKelly movement has found some success in striking him in his pocketbook. Concerts have been canceled, and his music has been removed from promotional playlists at Spotify, Pandora and Apple Music.

On this week’s Popcast, Mr. Caramanica speaks with Mr. DeRogatis about his coverage of Mr. Kelly’s legal troubles, from the earliest rumors to allegations as recent as this year, as well as the usefulness of holding Mr. Kelly’s enablers to account, and the validity of moral litmus tests for art.

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