Inside R. Kelly’s Life Behind Bars (Exclusive)

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Lausch said Kelly made his thoughts clear in a recorded phone call:

“…Defendant stated that the MCC staff told him that he could “try it [general population] in a couple of days to see what it looked like but they can’t guarantee nothing,’” Kelly said, according to Lausch. “‘You know, and that’s why, I was like, hmmm, too many people up on you and I done seen too many movies, you know, and it’s just, and then I’m so popular here, it’s like yeah man.’”

Kelly’s lawyers have since argued for the singer to be put in general population, a request that was granted on Sept. 3 according to court papers.

The feds made the revelations to support their contentions that the “Step In The Name Of Love” artist should stay in more restrictive jail housing.

Lausch said Kelly went through three cellmates in eleven days – with one roomie lasting just two days with the disgraced singer before he was turfed out.

The U.S. Attorney also said despite the restrictions of the special needs housing Kelly gets indoor recreation time three times a week and has had three phone calls and seven visits from people other than his lawyers. Kelly gets access to the jail’s commissary and likes to eat snacks like Snickers bars, according to court documents obtained by BOSSIP.