R Kelly is rushed to hospital after overdosing in prison

By WILL POTTER

Published: 14:11 BST, 17 June 2025 | Updated: 14:18 BST, 17 June 2025

Disgraced rapper R Kelly was rushed to hospital after overdosing on medication in prison. 

The R&B star suffered the overdose after being given medications by prison staff, his attorney said in a filing. 

He is serving a 30-year prison sentence for racketeering and sex trafficking, after being exposed as a serial sex abuser in the #MeToo movement. 

According to an attorney for the rapper, real name Robert Sylvester Kelly, he was put into solitary confinement on June 10 and was locked up with anxiety medication. 

On the same day, he was given more medications and was directed to take them, the filing said. 

Three days later, Kelly reported feeling ‘faint’ and ‘dizzy’, and ‘started to see black spots in his vision’, before he passed out and was rushed to nearby Duke University Hospital.  

This is a breaking news story and will be updated as information is confirmed. 

Disgraced rapper R Kelly was rushed to hospital after overdosing on medication in prison

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R Kelly is rushed to hospital after overdosing in prison

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