R Kelly Pushes for Pardon Amid Legal Shift | Hip-Hop News

Hip-Hop News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 15, 2026 · 1m

R. Kelly is pushing for early release, hoping President Trump will pardon him before his 30-year sentence ends, as Trump prepares to announce more pardons this summer. Kelly was recently moved out of solitary confinement after being held for two weeks — a move his lawyer says was unjustified, following an investigation that found no wrongdoing in how Kelly obtained a retired prison warden’s phone number. The incident began when Kelly’s cellmate was caught with a phone, and officers discovered the warden’s contact info in a notebook. Authorities concluded there was no misconduct, and Kelly’s…