An unofficial album by the singer and sex offender R.
Kelly released this weekend under the name "I Admit It" ("I admit") has now been removed from the various streaming platforms.
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Last Friday, an album with 13 songs by Kelly, who is serving a long prison sentence for a series of sexual offenses he committed over many years, appeared on Apple Music, Spotify and others.
Both the singer's management team and his record company deny anything to do with the record.
The former star's representative, Jennifer Bungin, told The Hollywood Reporter that the materials involved were "stolen music" and added: "A complaint was filed with the police some time ago because the raw materials that were recorded were stolen, but there is really no 'appetite' to investigate things Such. Various people have had access to (Kelly's) intellectual property rights and are trying to profit from it, but unfortunately those will not go to Mr. Kelly."
R.
Kelly in court, photo: AP
She also added that "when he was arrested, studio equipment was taken from him. His master recordings disappeared. The music is somewhere out there, but who owns it and who profited from it - we don't fully know."
Now, as mentioned, the album has been removed from the music services where it appeared a few days ago.
A representative of the Spotify service told "Variety" magazine that the album "was removed from the platform at the request of the distribution people."
R.
Kelly in court, photo: AP
The mysterious record, which is 56 minutes long, is named after a 19-minute clip that Kelly released in 2018 with the intention behind it to "tell the damn truth", in the singer's words, behind the allegations against him at the time.
Since then, Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, due to sex crimes, which included, among other things, trafficking in women.
R.
Kelly, photo: AP
After it appeared on streaming services on Friday, Sony Music denied that it had any information about the album and claimed to Variety that it was an unofficial album, even though its release was attributed to Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony.
Last month, Kelly's manager, Donnell Russell, was sentenced to 20 months in prison after admitting to stalking and harassing one of the singer's sexual assault victims.
Kelly himself was ordered last October to pay approximately $309,000 in restitution to two of his victims, while he was recently found guilty of child pornography offenses.
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