R. Kelly's attorneys are looking for the person responsible for the release of an album called "I Admit It," as the artist does not appear to have given permission for the album to be released.
Jennifer Bonjean, Kelly's criminal defense lawyer, told TMZ that they have a full team of people looking into who released the project, including trusted friends of the artist.
According to Bonjean, they already have a few suspects who may have taken the tracks and uploaded them to music platforms before deleting them.
Bojean also mentioned that the breach could have occurred after his arrest in 2019.
People began taking his studio equipment, computers, and masters of his recordings at that point, which could have contained some of the music Kelly was recording prior to his arrest.
R. Kelly songs that have been bootlegged
Kelly's calls, according to the attorney, have been monitored, and emails from inside the prison have been stolen.
R. Kelly dropped "I Admit It" album 👀 Y'all listening to it?https://t.co/52WCdDsvQr pic.twitter.com/8KzfT5C3u9
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) December 9, 2022
"I Admit It" includes songs from Kelly's SoundCloud account that were uploaded and quickly removed from platforms.
The tracks appeared to be bootleg versions of some of his songs, according to Sony Music. They were quickly identified by the artist as unapproved.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons determined that the "I Believe I Can Fly" artist did not record or produce any songs using prison-owned equipment.
When asked about the phone calls and emails, they quickly replied that they couldn't reveal any information about pending litigation.
