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R Kelly releases surprise album I Admit It amid 30-year jail sentence-Rishma Dosani-Entertainment – Metro
The Ignition singer has dropped new music.
R Kelly has released a surprise new album (Picture: AP)
R Kelly has released a new album full of tracks, including some that appear to reference the sexual assault allegations against him.
Earlier this year, the disgraced musician was sentenced to 30 years in prison after being convicted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
He was recently found guilty of three child pornography counts and three counts of enticing minors for sex in a separate case, in Chicago.
In a shocking move, the 55-year-old – real name Robert Sylvester Kelly – has now released a new 13-track album, titled I Admit It, which has been made available on Apple Music and Spotify.
The last three songs are titled I Admit It (I Did It) part one, part two, and part three.
According to TMZ, he opened up about previous mistakes in the last three songs, slamming the accusations he has been met with.
The album is available to stream on music platforms (Picture: Spotify)
‘How they gon’ say I don’t respect these women when all I’ve done is represent,’ the publication claims he could be heard singing on one track. ‘You mad I’ve got some girlfriends’.
He also claimed the allegations that he had ‘brainwashed’ and ‘kidnapped’ women sounded ‘silly’, and referenced the parents of one women he was allegedly intimate with.
Reps for Sony Music, which owns the rights to much of the singer’s catalogue, reportedly told Variety that it is an unofficial release, made up largely of unreleased songs from the last few years.
Kelly has fiercely denied all accusations made against him.
The full 13-track listing, including I Admit It (I did It) parts 1-3 (Picture: Spotify)
In June, he was sentenced to 30 years behind bars after he was found guilty of nine sex trafficking and racketeering charges, following a 2021 trial in New York.
Following the proceedings, he took the stand in Chicago in a separate trial, and was later convicted of six out of 13 counts, of child pornography and enticing minors for sex.
He could face a further 10 years in prison, with his sentencing date set for February.
R Kelly has denied all allegations against him (Credits: AP)
In 2018, Spotify bosses announced that they would be removing the I Believe I Can Fly star’s songs from playlists and no longer promoting his work, in the wake of a #MuteRKelly movement.
The company carried out the move as part of a policy on hate content and hateful conduct, but revealed that Kelly’s music would still be available.
‘We are removing R Kelly’s music from all Spotify owned and operated playlists and algorithmic recommendations such as Discover Weekly,’ a spokesperson said at the time.
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‘His music will still be available on the service, but Spotify will not actively promote it.
‘We don’t censor content because of an artist’s or creator’s behavior, but we want our editorial decisions — what we choose to program — to reflect our values.
‘When an artist or creator does something that is especially harmful or hateful, it may affect the ways we work with or support that artist or creator.’
Metro.co.uk has contacted reps for Spotify and Apple Music for a comment.
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