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R Kelly has 40 more chapters of Trapped in the Closet planned

We might be blessed with more instalments of the largely kitchen-based hip-hopera

Those already inducted into the sublime, bizarre world of R. Kelly's rap opera Trapped in The Closet will undoubtedly rejoice on hearing the rapper's officially unveiled plans to release an additional 40 chapters to the already 33-chaptered saga.

Running between 2005-2012, initially off the back of Kelly's TP.3 Reloaded album, the 133-minute series featured the gradually unfolding tale of Sylvester (R. Kelly)'s own descent into an underbelly of lies, sex, and deceit; one which eventually gathered a kind of near-cult fascination from its audience.

Half-genuine awe, half-hysterical fascination with Kelly's larger-than-life-universe populated with corrupt cops and dwarf strippers, the self-titled 'hip hopera' continually reeled audiences back with each closing chapter's cliffhanger lines, such as Sylvester discovering his wife's infidelity with the declaration "Oh, my God, a rubber!"