I have a simmilar theory. I call it the Carlverse, and it contains the following (in order of the events in Carl Winslow's life):
Al Powell is just starting out in New York working in the local station when things get weird, and eventually he has to tell the Ghostbusters that the mayor wants to rap with them. Shortly…

86% male, 30% female.

He's R. Kelly?

Captain America 3: One Crazy Summer?

What about the part where he defeats those cops or whatever they were by turning into a robotic MJ that used weaponized sound? "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" *BOOOM*

Come again?

There was zero risk to his career. He released the song at a time when polls in his home state showed very clearly that an initiative legalizing same sex marriage was inevitably going to pass. His timing came off to me as incredibly cynical.