R. Kelly Out of the Hospital and On the Mend

Crooner is back at home recovering after an emergency procedure on his tonsils

By Josh Grossberg Jul 21, 2011 8:03 PMTags
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R. Kelly's no longer trapped in a closet hospital.

The R&B star has been discharged from a Chicago hospital after undergoing emergency throat surgery. "He left the hospital last night and is recuperating at home in Chicago," says publicist Allan Mayer. "Still no word on when he'll be able to resume performing."

Kelly, 44, went to see a throat specialist on Tuesday and wound up in the emergency room at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where doctors drained an abcess on one of his tonsils.

Get well, R.