R. Kelly may be in prison for heinous acts, but some admirers simply can't get enough of his singing abilities.
TikTok user jizzlezoldykk posted a video of the R&B legend performing for her over the phone from prison on Friday (March 18). The girl's father is allegedly incarcerated in the same Brooklyn federal detention facility as R. Kelly, and he was able to call the 55-year-old singer.
"I had a question for you," she says in the video. "Would you mind singing a song for me?" "The 'Love Letter,'" she says when R. Kelly asks "which one?"
Kellz then lets out a big sigh before performing a quick rendition of the title tune from his 2011 album Love Letter. The girl and her buddy were on the verge of collapsing.
"Thank you," they exclaimed through surprised laughter, to which the jailed superstar responds, "You're welcome."
Since then, the video has received over 800,000 views on TikTok and over two million views on The Shade Room's Instagram.
As the video went viral, rumors circulated that R. Kelly — whose financial woes are well-known — had performed the song in exchange for money, but the Tiktoker quickly debunked that theory.
In her Instagram Story, she clarified, "R Kelly did nothing for commissary!" "All I did was ask him to sing, and he agreed."
R. Kelly was found guilty in September 2021 in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn of using his celebrity status to sexually abuse women and children over a two-decade period. He was found guilty on the following charges: