Media reports say global music star, R.Kelly, has been attacked by an angry inmate was angry that the detention facility was placed on lockdown a couple of times due to Kelly protesters outside the jail.
The music star who is facing sex abuse charges among others, was attacked inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, United States of America.
The fight didn’t last long as the prison wardens were able to break it up.
R.Kelly has been held in jail since 2019 over several charges including, racketeering and transporting women and girls for sex.
Robert Sylvester Kelly is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor and former semi-professional basketball player from Illinois.
He has been credited with helping to redefine R&B and hip hop, earning nicknames such as “the King of R&B”, “the King of Pop-Soul”, and the “Pied Piper of R&B”.