CHARLOTTE, N.C.– R. Kelly is going on with his concert in North Carolina Friday, rejecting calls from protesters to cancel his appearance over longstanding allegations of sexual misconduct.

The Greensboro concert is among the R&B singer’s first performances since the #MuteRKelly movement accelerated boycott efforts in recent weeks with help from the Time’s Up campaign against sexual harassment and assault. Kelly was also recently dropped from a May 5 concert in Chicago, and the music streaming service Spotify removed him from playlists curated by the platform.