R. Kelly, a popular US musician, was found guilty of sex offenses and given a 30-year prison term.
In September, a jury in New York convicted the R&B artist, 55, of racketeering and sex trafficking crimes committed over three decades in the music industry.
The Chicago native – whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly – has already spent close to three years behind bars
He currently faces separate criminal charges in three other cases.