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Thief jailed after stealing unreleased Beyoncé music from car

BBC News · · 356 words · By Nardine Saad
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“A man who broke into a car and stole hard drives containing unreleased music by Beyoncé has been sentenced to two years in prison.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that a man (Kelvin Evans) was sentenced to two years in prison for stealing hard drives with unreleased Beyoncé music from a car.
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web search NEUTRAL — Man sentenced to two years in prison for stealing unreleased Beyoncé music.The man accused of stealing unreleased music and other items from Beyoncé's team during her Atlanta tour stop has been senten…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — The stolen hard drives contained “watermarked music, some unreleased music, footage plans for the show and past and future set list”, according to a police report. Clothing, designer sunglasses, lapto…
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/12/man-sentenced-…
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web search NEUTRAL — A man who broke into a car and stole hard drives containing unreleased music by Beyoncé has been sentenced to two years in prison. Kelvin Evans, 41, pleaded guilty to charges including entering an aut…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx213vnvxvwo
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“Kelvin Evans, 41, pleaded guilty to charges including entering an automobile and criminal trespass last year in Atlanta, Georgia.”
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Web search results explicitly identify the man as Kelvin Evans, age 41, and state he pleaded guilty to entering an automobile and criminal trespass in Atlanta.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2010 Georgia State Panthers football team represented Georgia State University during the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Georgia State played their first-ever season of football in 2010…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rashad Evans (born September 25, 1979) is an American retired mixed martial artist who competed in the Light Heavyweight division. Evans started his professional MMA career in 2003, and was the Heavyw…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashad_Evans
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“A judge sentenced him to an additional three years of probation.”
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One web search result specifically mentions he received a sentence of two years in prison and three years of probation.
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web search NEUTRAL — As reported by WXIA-TV, Evans was facing up to six years in prison, but has now been given two years under the deal. He pleaded guilty to one count of entering an automobile, for which he received a f…
https://consequence.net/2026/05/beyonce-unreleased-music-the…
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web search NEUTRAL — Man sentenced to two years in prison for stealing unreleased Beyoncé music. 46 minutes ago. By Owen Myers.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — California Resident Sentenced to 3 Years of Probation and Ordered to Pay Restitution After Pleading Guilty for Role in SIM Swap Scam Targeting at Least 40 People, Including New Orleans Resident.
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“Evans broke into a Jeep Wagoneer rented by a choreographer and dancer for Beyoncé on 8 July 2025”
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Multiple web search results confirm Evans broke into a Jeep Wagoneer rented by a choreographer and dancer for Beyoncé on July 8, 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kelvinator is a brand name for refrigerator and freezer products in several nations. It was a major manufacturer of home appliances and commercial freezers in the United States, and its line of refrig…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of American films released in 2022. The 2022 release schedule includes numerous notable films that were originally scheduled for release in 2020 and 2021, but were postponed due to the …
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“the singer's Cowboy Carter tour was coming to Atlanta.”
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Wikipedia and web search results confirm the existence of the 'Cowboy Carter' tour and that it visited Atlanta.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cowboy Carter Tour (written in full as Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin' Circuit Tour) was the tenth concert tour by the American singer-songwriter Beyoncé, in support of her eighth studio albu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Carter_Tour
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — American singer-songwriter Beyoncé has had a significant cultural impact through her music, visuals, performances, public image, political engagement, and lifestyle. She has received widespread acclai…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Collins Obinna Chibueze (born May 9, 1995), known professionally as Shaboozey, is an American singer. His music combines country, Americana and hip-hop. After releasing two albums, Lady Wrangler (201…
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“Investigators have not recovered the hard drives or other stolen items.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated search results for a 2012 film called 'Stolen' and dictionary definitions; no evidence was found regarding the recovery of the actual hard drives in this case.
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web search NEUTRAL — Stolen is a 2012 American action thriller film directed by Simon West and starring Nicolas Cage, Danny Huston, Malin Åkerman, M. C. Gainey, Sami Gayle, Mark Valley and Josh Lucas. The film follows a f…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_(2012_film)
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web search NEUTRAL — Stolen: Directed by Simon West. With Nicolas Cage, Malin Akerman, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston. A former thief frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk…
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of STOLEN is past participle of steal.
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“Evans struck a plea deal in court on Tuesday ahead of his trial this week, the Fulton County District Attorney's office confirmed to the BBC.”
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While the general fact of the plea deal is corroborated, the specific detail that the Fulton County DA confirmed it to the BBC is not explicitly detailed across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence, though the DA's office is verified as a real entity.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fani Taifa Willis (née Floyd; , FAH-nee; born October 27, 1971) is an American attorney. She is the district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, which contains most of Atlanta, serving since 2021. She…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Fulton County District Attorney is the elected district attorney for the Atlanta Judicial District, encompassing Fulton County, Georgia, as part of the Judiciary of Georgia.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Will Wooten is an American prosecutor who serves as a Deputy District Attorney in Fulton County, Georgia. He has worked as a public defender and prosecutor in multiple jurisdictions and was part of th…
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“prosecutors showed surveillance footage of a red Hyundai driven by Evans, pulling up next to the rental car in a parking garage.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that surveillance footage showed Evans driving a red Hyundai and parking next to the rental Jeep Wagoneer.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is the principal law enforcement agency responsible for policing the Australian state of Queensland. In 1990, the Queensland Police Force was officially renamed the…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jury selection in the case began on Monday and prosecutors showed surveillance footage of a red Hyundai driven by Evans, pulling up next to the rental car in a parking garage.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx213vnvxvwo
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web search NEUTRAL — The niece further agreed to loan Evans the vehicle, a red Hyundai sedan. That Hyundai was visible on surveillance video shown in court, pulling into a parking garage and parking next to a 2024 Jeep Wa…
https://www.courttv.com/news/king-thief-of-atlanta-pleads-gu…
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“Another surveillance video showed the same red Hyundai arriving at an apartment block, with Evans handling suitcases believed to belong to Beyoncé choreographer Christopher Grant and dancer Diandre Blue.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the claim about a second video at an apartment block or the names Christopher Grant and Diandre Blue in that specific context.
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“Grant and Blue had told police that the items stolen from their rental car included two MacBook laptops, Apple headphones, luxury clothing and accessories, and hard drives that investigators said contained unreleased Beyoncé material.”
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One web search result mentions the theft of clothing, sunglasses, laptops, and AirPods, and that the hard drives contained watermarked/unreleased music, but the specific list of items attributed to Grant and Blue is not corroborated by a second independent source in the provided evidence.
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“Grant also told authorities he was carrying "personal sensitive information" belonging to Beyoncé.”
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“Prosecutors said the stolen laptops had tracking technology that placed the items at the address seen in the second video.”
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“Evans has been ordered to stay away from the victims as well as the car park where the theft took place.”
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“He has been in jail since his arrest in August last year.”
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“The break-in happened just before Beyoncé launched the four-night leg of her Cowboy Carter tour at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium.”
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