Robert Sylvester Kelly, known as R. Kelly may be in prison for the next several decades, but he has said that he’s not letting that stop him from making music.
In an interview with the podcast Inmate Tea with A&P released on Sunday, the singer and convicted sex trafficker said that he’s still composing and performing while in federal prison.
“Singing is a beautiful disease that’s uncurable,” he explained.
Kelly claimed that he is still writing songs at a rapid rate.
“I’m always singing, I’m always writing. I’ve written like 25 albums since I’ve been in here.” he said.
He also claimed that his legal fight isn’t over.
I’m working on getting out,” he continued. “I’m using patience as a tactic.”
Kelly’s attorney Jean Bonjean concurred, telling TMZ.”Our appeals process has not come to an end. We will continue to fight for justice and for his freedom.”
According to Bureau of Prisons records, Kelly is set to be released from federal prison on December 21, 2045.
Last month, Kelly’s sex trafficking and racketeering convictions were upheld.
Kelly was found guilty in New York in 2021 of multiple charges and subsequently sentenced to 30 years in prison, but took the case to the Circuit Court of Appeals in an attempt to throw out the convictions.
The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected his appeal on February 12 after hearing arguments last March.
The three-judge panel overseeing the appeal concluded that the R&B star “exploited his fame to lure girls and young women into his grasp” for over 25 years.
“Evidence at trial showed that he would isolate them from friends and family, control nearly every aspect of their lives, and abuse them verbally, physically, and sexually,” they added.
Bonjean slammed the dismissal as “unprecedented” and intimated that they now plan to take the fight to the Supreme Court.
The singer’s appeal centered on the argument that evidence produced during the trial was inadequate, as well as numerous other technicalities such as biased jurors and laws being applied improperly.
The high court previously refused to hear a separate appeal from R. Kelly relating to his 2022 conviction in Chicago on child sex charges.
