R&B singer R Kelly has a new best friend – while behind bars in a New York City federal prison. Media Take Out has learned that Kells is now close friends with Frank James, the man accused of shooting up a NYC subway car.
Frank James recently pleaded not guilty to charges of terrorism and the use of a weapon in a violent crime at a Friday arraignment in Brooklyn federal court.
Police say that Frank shot 10 people on Tuesday, April 12, on an N-line subway train during the morning rush hour commute. Police arrested him in a day later after multiple people told on him. He has since been held without bail.
Here’s what a local NY newspaper is reporting:
Accused Brooklyn subway shooter Frank James has made at least one new friend since his arrest for spraying 33 bullets on a crowded New York City train: Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly.
Three sources told the Daily News about the behind bars bromance between the two men held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park, where Kelly is awaiting sentencing for sex trafficking and James is awaiting trial for the April 12 mass shooting on the N train.
“Both do get along. They actually sit together and eat together,” said one jailhouse source.
“They talk about TV shows. They go out to rec together. They’re buds,” said another source familiar with the situation.