# R. Kelly, Master Recordings and Racial Inequality in Criminal Justice - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2118740102851510780 - Source account: [@Bobbysleem](https://x.com/Bobbysleem) - Source language: English - Duration: 2:09 - Published: 2026-11-07 - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice) R. Kelly's not in jail for s\*\* abuse. He's probably guilty of it, but that's not why he's in jail. [0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=6) He's in jail because he didn't wanna give up his master recordings. [0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=8) He's in jail for the same reason Prince and Michael Jackson are unalived. [0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=12) You follow what I'm saying? Mm-hmm. R. Kelly was just the next one in line. Mm-hmm. Right? [0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=15) But because they had something on him that was so egregious and so obvious, people been talking about it for years, right? Yeah. [0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=21) They just used that. But as you know, what, one or two years ago, his lawyer came out and said that, uh, he felt that, uh, they were trying to unalive him. [0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=30) Remember, they gave him a overdose of the sleeping medication. Mm-hmm. [0:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=34) Had to rush him to the hospital. It was confirmed that he was overdosed. [0:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=37) The doctor wanted to do surgery, and then the, uh, the prison's military came in with rifles and took R. Kelly out the hospital and took him back to jail against the doctor's orders. [0:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=47) You know what I mean? So I believe that they're just gonna... [0:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=51) They're hoping he transitions in prison because, you know, prison ain't the best place to live anyway. [0:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=55) Poor food, poor healthcare, right? And your parole date, you'll be 80. [0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=59) Look what prison did to Bill Cosby after only a couple years. [1:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=62) He was never the same when he got out. Yeah. [1:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=63) I think they expect him to transition in jail, unfortunately. [1:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=67) See, the problem with criminal justice in the Black community is we approach it like the white man approaches it. Mm-hmm. [1:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=72) The white man'll lock one person up for an entire system, right? [1:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=75) But every Roman Catholic priest is still allowed to be free and do what they– you see what I'm saying? Yeah. Do what they do. [1:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=80) Nobody gets convicted for the Epstein files, but Puffy and R. Kelly in jail. [1:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=83) You see what I'm saying? I get it. And so for a lot of Black people, you– we can't excuse that, the gross injustice of the situation. Mm-hmm. [1:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=90) Which make you say, "Let them out then." [1:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=92) If nobody white is going to jail for this, why is anybody Black going to jail for this? [1:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=95) Now, obviously for us as Africans, we have ethics, and we say they still gotta be held accountable. Yeah. I agree with that. [1:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=100) You can't be harming kids. But where is the Black community system of criminal justice? [1:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=104) We have to start taking out the whole network of the crime and not just the fall guy. [1:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=109) Right. See, that's what the white men do. [1:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=111) If we gonna get R. Kelly, cool, but get everybody. [1:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=115) You see what I'm saying? Mm-hmm. We gonna get Keith ED? [1:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/L1b4hUJxCAbU/en/r-kelly-master-recordings-and-racial-inequality-in-criminal-justice?t=117) Cool. Get everybody, right? Mm-hmm. This one man is the fall guy type stuff, I'm not swallowing that ever.