R. Kelly’s Team Reported Stolen Recordings, Might Be Linked to ‘I Admit It’

R. Kelly‘s group known as police claiming a whole bunch of his grasp recordings had been stolen … and now his camp thinks that might be behind the unauthorized launch of the brand new “I Admit It” album.

According to the police report, obtained by TMZ, the Kelly grasp recordings had been reported lacking again in February … swiped from an Illinois storage facility.

Cops say a person named Keith Calbert known as to report a theft, telling officers he oversees the Kelly property being saved within the warehouse. Calbert advised police a number of hundred of Kelly’s recordings had been lacking, and he valued them within the hundreds of thousands of {dollars}.

It’s attention-grabbing … cops say Calbert advised them 2 roadies eliminated the masters from the warehouse 9 months prior, and took them to California. Police say Calbert additionally advised them he had suggested one of many roadies to deliver again the recordings … however was advised he wanted to pay $160,000 for his or her return.

Police say Calbert confirmed them 10 empty cabinets he mentioned was utterly full, and estimated between 300 to 500 lacking recordings.

It’s unclear why Kelly’s group waited so lengthy to make the report. In any occasion, cops say they investigated nevertheless it did not go anyplace, so the case was closed with no arrests.

TMZ broke the story … R. Kelly claims he had nothing to do with the lately launched, 13-track “I Admit It” album.

His authorized group says they’re looking for out who uploaded the music to Spotify and Apple Music, and people 2 roadies are excessive on their checklist of individuals to contact.