R. Kelly remains to be on the hook for greater than half one million bucks in restitution to his victims — however they’ll be getting an enormous verify quickly thanks to his previous hits.
According to docs, obtained by TMZ Hip Hop, a decide signed an order garnishing the embattled singer’s royalties … because it was found Universal Music Group is holding a bunch of his royalties.
So, the corporate will now lower a verify to cowl Kelly’s restitution invoice.
The order says Kelly’s excellent restitution stability is $506,950.26, and UMG simply so occurs to be sitting on 567,444.19 of his royalties — greater than sufficient to settle the debt.
As we beforehand reported, the singer is presently serving a 20-year jail sentence for numerous intercourse crimes.
12/09/22
Although his again catalog apparently nonetheless generates loads of cash, Kelly hasn’t had as a lot success with music just lately.
You’ll recall, a few of his new music leaked again in December earlier than it was swiftly eliminated and he was dropped from RCA and Sony music imprints again in 2020 forward of the trial.
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