Man pleads guilty to stealing Beyoncé's unreleased music in Atlanta, gets 2 years in prison
Evans avoided trial after prosecutors said surveillance video and tracking data linked him to suitcases and hard drives containing unreleased Beyoncé material.
- On Tuesday, Kelvin Evans pleaded guilty in Fulton County Superior Court to entering an automobile and criminal trespass stemming from the July 2025 theft of unreleased Beyoncé music and belongings from her Atlanta production team.
- Surveillance footage captured Evans breaking into a Jeep Wagoneer on Krog Street on July 8, 2025, stealing suitcases with hard drives containing unreleased music and laptops two days before Beyoncé's Atlanta concert.
- Investigators tracked stolen MacBook laptops to three locations in Hapeville and Atlanta; however, the hard drives and suitcases were never recovered, prosecutors told the court while detailing Evans' lengthy criminal history.
- Senior Judge Jane C. Barwick sentenced Evans to five years—two in prison and three on probation—while ordering him to stay away from victims and the Krog Street parking garage where the theft occurred.
- Prosecutors cited circumstantial evidence in offering the plea deal, while Evans' lawyer stated he is "looking forward to putting this... behind him and hoping for a future where he can make money legitimately.
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