In a Vlad TV interview from Saturday (Nov. 5,) the 49-year-old discussed a few of his past signees before revealing when he became aware of the “Wockesha” rapper.

“And mind you OG Boo Dirty was the one that introduced me to Moneybagg [Moneybagg Yo] you know he’s signed to Yo Gotti but we had him first okay but we never signed him,” the Senegalese-American artist said. “Ain’t that crazy, OG came to me and said, ‘Yo Kon he’s the next ni**a,’ like, but at the time I wasn’t focused.”

Moneybagg and Akon eventually linked up for a listening session, which is where the latter started to believe in the former’s trajectory.

“OG came to the house, I mean he brought Moneybagg with him and Moneybagg had a record bro, till this day if he release it I always said that was gonna be his biggest record, it’s called ‘I Need A Plug’ okay I heard that record I went f**kin’ crazy,” he said.

Akon still wasn’t ready to bring out the paperwork and had to go overseas for business. Upon returning six months later, the CMG artist had already begun to blow up to the point the “Don’t Matter” artist didn’t think the relationship would work. “By the time I came back he was already moving on mixtape circuits, but then again I didn’t want to be dealing with rappers.”

In reflection, he doesn’t necessarily wish he did anything differently. “Not saying I regret it, but, OG called it yeah OG Boo dirty caught all that.”

They were correct, as Moneybagg Yo earned his first number-one album on the Billboard 200 Album chart last year with A Gangsta’s Pain.

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Mr. Kelly, whose real name is Robert Kelly, expressed deep emotions and pleaded to the camera in the sit-down with Gayle King, a host of “CBS This Morning,” parts of which aired on Wednesday.

“Hate me if you want to, love me if you want,” Mr. Kelly said. “But just use your common sense. How stupid would it be for me, with my crazy past and what I’ve been through — oh, right now I just think I need to be a monster, hold girls against their will, chain them up in my basement, and don’t let them eat, don’t let them out!” unless they need some shoes down the street from their uncle . Stop it !!!! Y’all quit playing !, quit playing , I did not do this stuff .

He continued, directly into the camera and growing tearful: “I didn’t do this stuff! This is not me!”

“I’m fighting for my life!” he said, using an expletive. He jumped out of his seat and became so upset that Ms. King paused the interview so he could regain his composure

Mr. Kelly, 52, was charged last month in Chicago with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving four women, three of whom were minors at the time. He was released from jail last week after a woman describing herself as a friend of Mr. Kelly posted a $100,000 bond.

His arrest came after a Lifetime documentary, “Surviving R. Kelly,” brought new attention to accusations that he had mistreated women and revived prosecutors’ interest in his behavior.

“Everybody says something bad about me,” Mr. Kelly said, referring to the documentary. “Nobody said nothing good. They was describing Lucifer. I’m not Lucifer. I’m a man. I make mistakes, but I’m not a devil. And by no means am I a monster.”

CBS released portions of the interview Tuesday night, and another portion will air on Thursday. During the interview, Ms. King repeatedly pressed Mr. Kelly about the many allegations against him. He gave no ground, and often fired back at his accusers.

When she asked him if he had broken any laws, he responded, “Absolutely not.”

“You can start a rumor on a guy like me or a celebrity just like that,” he said. “All you have to do is push a button on your phone and say: ‘So and so did this to me. R. Kelly did this to me.’”

When Ms. King asked Mr. Kelly if he had done anything wrong, he said: “Lots of things wrong when it come to women, that I apologize. But I apologized in those relationships at the time I was in the relationships.”

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