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R. Kelly is rebuked for trying to revive music career behind bars amid 31-year sentence for child sex crimes


R. Kelly was widely lambasted on social media this week after he brazenly recorded a new song - from behind bars.

R. Kelly was widely lambasted on social media this week after he brazenly recorded a new song — from behind bars, where he's serving a 31-year sentence for child pornography, sex trafficking and racketeering; pictured in 2019 in Chicago Music producer Rodney East posted audio to social media on Monday that was allegedly recorded by R. Kelly via phone from the medium-security federal prison in North Carolina where he's currently serving a 31-year sentence; seen in 2012 in NYC As of 2023, Kelly's victims had reportedly only received about $27,000 dollars in restitution from him, so in August 2023 a judge ordered that royalties from his songwriting credits would be garnished and redirected to pay the remaining sum they were owed, which was over $500,000 at the time.

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