In June 2022, CNN reported that “disgraced R&B singer” R. Kelly had been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for crimes that included racketeering and the trafficking and physical harm of women and underage victims. Now, R. Kelly is speaking out about Sean “Diddy” Combs from behind bars.
On March 27th, Wack 100 talked to R. Kelly from prison, and their over 15-minute conversation appeared on YouTube. Vibe reported details and alleged that “R. Kelly doesn’t believe” any of the charges or trafficking allegations against Diddy.
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R. Kelly quoted the late great superstar Biggie, who once rapped on a Diddy-produced track that federal agents were just “mad because he’s flagrant.” R. Kelly quoted that because he seems to believe that celebrities like him and Diddy are being “hunted,” whether or not the allegations against them are true or “false.”
But R. Kelly said that Diddy—and the general public—should take his investigation very seriously. Since he’s serving decades behind bars, R. Kelly certainly has the lived experience to believe that, and he issued a big warning to anyone “out there laughing and making comedian jokes.”
R. Kelly Believes That It All Started With Cassie
R. Kelly thinks other celebrities are “so stupid,” and they don’t realize “the moves” that are going on. Even though he claimed that he doesn’t believe any of this [expletive], R. Kelly said, “I’m in it now, and I know what they did.” R. Kelly also talked about how it “first started with Cassie,” referring to Diddy’s ex, R&B singer Cassandra Ventura-Fine, who filed a lawsuit against Diddy in November 2023, claiming to a Manhattan judge that he’d harmed her repeatedly and trafficked her for over a decade.
Additionally, R. Kelly insinuated to Wack 100 that Diddy should have made his “preferences” clear years ago. He seems to be referring to the journalist Touré, who claimed in an explosive MSNBC interview that Diddy had fired his young male relative after he refused to spend the night with Diddy. R. Kelly alleges that unknown sources might have tried to “extort” Diddy because he’s in the music industry, and people are “using that against him.”
R. Kelly also has a theory about why federal agents talked with Diddy at a Florida airport. TMZ captured photos and video of Diddy speaking with authorities on the tarmac in front of his private plane last week.
R. Kelly talked about how agents “grounded” Diddy’s plane and wanted to ensure he couldn’t leave the country, even though R. Kelly alleged that agents probably hadn’t “restricted” Diddy’s passport yet. R. Kelly even said, “I do know this: if they do put him in cuffs, they only put him in cuffs because they got a definite.” Photos and videos don’t show Diddy getting restrained by the police, and sources have alleged that an arrest has yet to be made.
R. Kelly’s Victims Seek Financial Reimbursement
R. Kelly continues to fight the system during his incarceration. He recently claimed that $28,000 was stolen from what’s called his “prison commissary account,” which authorities claim should be going towards the restitution of R. Kelly’s numerous victims.
The source, HipHopDX, obtained legal documents about the case and confirmed a court date on March 18th to hear arguments over this dispute. R. Kelly allegedly owes around $5 million to victims and other parties seeking financial reimbursement.
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In March 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court granted Heather Williams, one of R. Kelly’s named victims, access to his “label fund.” Billboard reported that this fund is valued at $1.5 million. In a separate ruling, a property manager named Midwest Commercial Funding won $3.5 million in compensation from R. Kelly due to “unpaid rent for a Chicago studio.”
A U.S. District Court judge, Ann Donnelly, also ordered R. Kelly and his label, Universal Music Group, to “surrender more than $500,000 in royalties.” This was seen as a significant move to “ensure Kelly’s victims receive restitution,” and allegedly, the $28,000 from R. Kelly’s “prison canteen account” was seized at the same time.
