Kelly was sentenced to 31 years in prison over sex trafficking and racketeering charges last year after the Lifetime documentary Surviving R. Kelly shed new light on his crimes. In a recent episode of the Club Shay Shay podcast, Timbaland told host Shannon Sharpe, that despite R Kelly's history as a sex trafficker, the 51-year-old producer believed Kelly was still the best in his genre. "R. Kelly's the king of R&B. We all know that man.” "And it's funny... everybody jump when you say R. Kelly. I'm like, so we just gonna ignore the music that he gave us, that we all jam to?"