R. Kelly Fans Go No Further - VH1 Has It All For You!

R. Kelly Fans Go No Further - VH1 Has It All For You!

Be One of the First to 'Hear Music First: R. Kelly' and Listen to His Latest Album TP3: Reloaded a Week in Advance Exclusively on VH1.com

See All Five Videos and Behind the Scenes Footage in the VH1 Special 'R. Kelly's Urban Opera: Trapped in the Closet' Premiering July 5 at 11:00 PM*

NEW YORK, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The wait is over! Exclusively on VH1.com, users can now hear the album TP3: Reloaded a week in advance of its July 5 release (Jive) by logging onto VH1.com's "Hear Music First: R. Kelly." Users can also pre-order his new album at a special price plus access R. Kelly photos and watch the video of "Trapped in the Closet (Chapter 1)."

"Trapped In The Closet" is the track that everyone is talking about and fans can't get enough of it's multiple chapters. VH1 will premiere "R. Kelly's Urban Opera: Trapped In The Closet" on Tuesday, July 5 at 11PM*. The half-hour special, hosted by VH1 personality Aamer Haleem will offer viewers a unique look at all five videos with behind the scenes footage and interviews with R. Kelly.

"Trapped in the Closet," is reminiscent of the serial movies of yesteryear full of suspense, mystery, drama and packed with unexpected twists and turns. In modern terms its "Desperate Housewives" meets "Desperate Husbands."

R. Kelly joins U2, Dave Matthews Band, Rob Thomas, and Sting among others as the latest artist to participate in VH1.com's exclusive advance listen program, "VH1 Hear Music First." The program has proven to have a positive impact on the first week sales of many of its participating artists and in some instances has contributed to the biggest first week sales ever on their new records.

Log onto the R. Kelly artist page http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/kelly_r/artist.jhtml for more information.

MTV Networks owns and operates the cable television programming services MTV: Music Television, MTV2, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite, TV Land, VH1, CMT: Country Music Television, and TNN, as well as The Digital Suite from MTV Networks, a package of thirteen digital services, all of which are trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks also operates and offers joint ventures, licensing agreements and syndication deals whereby its programming can be seen worldwide.

*all times ET/PT

CONTACT: Lori Hornik/VH1 Vanessa Reyes/MTVN 212-846-7131 310-752-8081

Source: VH1

CONTACT: Lori Hornik of VH1, +1-212-846-7131, Vanessa Reyes of MTVN, +1-310-752-8081

Web site: http://www.vh1.com/ http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/kelly_r/artist.jhtml

------- Profile: Ent