After what appeared to be a new album by convicted felon R. Kelly appeared briefly on streaming platforms including Spotify and Apple Music on Friday, his lawyer and Sony, which owns his recordings, said the release was “unauthorized” and “Stolen”.
“It’s an unauthorized release of music. It’s stolen music,” attorney Jennifer Bonjean told The Hollywood Reporter, adding that a report has been filed with police.
Bonjean said that after R. Kelly was arrested, his teachers were robbed. “The music is out there somewhere, but who has it and who has benefited from it, we don’t really know,” she said.
She said unauthorized music has previously been released to YouTube, but never to Spotify or Apple Music.
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R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison earlier this year for sex crimes.
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Although the copyright stated “Legacy Recordings”, a division of Sony, Sony told Variety that it was not released by the company.
The 13-track bootleg was called “I Admit” and featured a song R. Kelly released on Sound Cloud in 2018 called “I Admit it” in which he mentions the sexual assault allegations against him.
R. Kelly’s lawyers said master copies of some of his music were stolen after his arrest.
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The “unauthorized” album was called “I Admit” and included her song “I Admit It” in which she sang abusively about her abuse allegations.
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R. Kelley was sentenced to 30 years in prison earlier this year on sex trafficking and extortion charges after he was accused of molesting underage women and entrapping multiple women in a sex cult.
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R. Kelley’s attorney did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
