R. Kelly may be behind bars ... but he proved his vocal chords are as free as ever during a rare podcast interview when he serenaded the audience by singing two snippets of his songs.
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00:00All right, music fans! Live in concert, it's R. Kelly!
00:07Standing here looking in a mirror, laying down to myself.
00:12Kind of loses something over the phone, but what the hell.
00:15R. Kelly may be coming back. R. Kelly called in to the Inmate T with A&P podcast.
00:22From a federal prison in North Carolina where he's serving 30 years for various misdeeds.
00:28He sang for them. He sang When a Woman's Fed Up and Step in the Name of Love.
00:32And the two hosts, two women, were really into it.
00:35It ain't nothing you can do about it. Nothing you can do about it.
00:41Singing the background vocals and swooning. They were fully swooning.
00:44I was like, wait a second. Is R. Kelly not canceled? I guess he isn't.
00:48According to them, 2025 is a different universe.
00:52Well, the podcasters, April and Patricia, joined us on TMZ Live
00:55and say they are taking a little bit of heat for doing the interview in the first place.
00:59We're just two individuals who are able to separate the art from the artist.
01:05But again, it's R. Kelly. And when R. Kelly calls, you answer.
01:09Singing is a beautiful disease that's uncurable.
01:12And right now I'm just working on getting back to what I get my talent to do.
01:18Here's the thing. It's okay to listen to R. Kelly music
01:21because the money goes to the victims. That's actually really interesting.
01:25One thing's for sure. I'm gonna put on my dancing shoes.
01:30He did the one trick R. Kelly always has to make you kind of like him. He sang.
01:34Oh, I thought you were going to say I peed on you.
01:38Glad you enjoyed the show, ladies.
01:40We're happy to hear that you're doing good.
01:42I cling to love.
01:44This call is from a federal prison.