R. KELLY—NEGATIVE $2 MILLION

R. Kelly is an American singer and record producer. Kelly’s songs include “I Believe I Can Fly”, “Bumpy”, “The Call of the Body”, “Gotham City” and the hip-hop opera “Stuck in the Closet”. In 1998, Kelly won three Grammy Awards for “I Believe I Can Fly”. Although Kelly is primarily a singer and songwriter, he has composed, produced and remixed songs, singles and albums for many artists. In 1996, he won a Grammy Award for writing the song “You Are Not Alone” by Michael Jackson. As of 2020, R Kelly’s net worth is negative $2 million.

In his heyday, his net worth could easily reach tens of millions of dollars, perhaps as high as 100 million dollars. In April 2020, Kelly revealed to the judge that the Internal Revenue Service alone owed him nearly $1.9 million. In 2018, he was evicted from two homes in the Atlanta area for failing to pay more than $30,000 in rent and expenses. As of January 2019, he lives in a rental townhouse in Trump Tower in Chicago.