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R. Kelly appeared on an episode of the Inmate Tea with A&P podcast and revealed what he has been up to since his sentencing began in 2021. In a seven-minute phone call with the hosts of the podcast, R. Kelly, who got sentenced to 30 years in prison for s*x trafficking and racketeering, revealed that in the three years that he had been in prison, he had recorded more than 24 albums.
When asked by the hosts if he continued to explore his musical talents while incarcerated he replied that his singing talent had no cure.
He said:
"A beautiful disease that’s incurable. That’s not gonna happen, not singing.”
More details on R. Kelly’s appearance on the Inmate Tea with A&P podcast
During the Inmate Tea with A&P podcast, R. Kelly called on a monitored prison line. The I Believe I Can Fly hitmaker stated that he was told he was supposed to sing a happy birthday to someone.
The hosts, giggling, referred to the singer as the “King of R&B and “The Pied Piper of R&B.” R Kelly then began singing his hit song When a Woman’s Fed Up. The hosts sang along and offered backup vocals. The incarcerated singer later revealed that he had written “like 25 albums" since his sentencing in 2021.
R. Kelly was convicted on charges of racketeering and s*x trafficking by a Federal judge in New York and sentenced to 30 years behind bars. In September 2022 he was convicted on three counts of child pornography in his hometown of Chicago.
Known as one of the bestselling artists of all time, R. Kelly’s legal troubles began when he was accused of s*xual misconduct in the 1990s. Public outrage intensified after the #MeToo movement gained widespread support in 2017 and the Lifetime docuseries, Surviving R Kelly, released in 2019.
The singer, who is currently serving his prison sentence in a Federal Prison in North Carolina, also revealed on the podcast that he was working on getting out of prison to continue “what it is God gave me, my talent.”
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In February 2025, a Federal Appeals Court rejected Kelly’s appeal to overturn his 30-year prison sentence based on inadequate trial evidence, juror bias, and improper rulings. The appeal court upheld the sentence of the trial court stating:
“We have considered all the arguments presented by Kelly on appeal and concluded they are without merit.”
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