Rejoice! R. Kelly's "Trapped In The Closet" Chapter 23 is ready for viewing.

Guys, GUYS. We've been deprived of R. Kelly's "Trapped In The Closet" for about five years (it's been ROUGH), but that's all about to change. If you're confused about what the hell we're talking about, you might be on the wrong blog then let us give you a quick Reader's Digest-style review: "Trapped In The Closet" is R. Kelly's stunning hip-hopera. We haven't seen any new "Trapped In The Closet" chapters since R left us seriously hanging at chapter 22 in 2007, but as we predicted, he's back and revving up to release a whopping 20 more chapters to his saga. And even better, we've got a preview of Chapter 23 for you to PANIC over right now.

Watch a preview of R. Kelly's "Trapped In The Closet," Chapter 23 after the jump. 

The clip has R. Kelly sitting in a leather club chair (of course) as he brings us up to speed on what's happened to his characters since we last saw them. He sings, "These next chapters of 'Trapped in the Closet' is gonna be so crazy" and then casually flips through pages in his storybook. In August, Kelly told us, "I'm so glad to know there are a lot of fans still waiting to find out what the package is, and I'm coming, you guys. In four weeks, I just did 30 chapters of 'Trapped in the Closet' and I'm proud of it; I'm very excited about it because it took on a life of its own. It took me over." WE DIE! R. Kelly has all but confirmed that "Trapped In The Closet" basically never ends, and we couldn't be more thrilled about it.

+ Watch a preview of R. Kelly's "Trapped In The Closet," Chapter 23 (NSFW)

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