Man sentenced to two years in prison for stealing Beyoncé’s unreleased music | Beyoncé

A man has been arrested for stealing hard drives containing unreleased hard drives Beyoncé music pleaded guilty in Atlanta court on Tuesday.

Kelvin Evans was arrested by the Atlanta Police Department in September for July 2025 car theft where two suitcases containing Beyoncé’s music and tour plans were stolen from a rental car.

In an Atlanta court this morning, Evans received a five-year sentence of which he will serve two years in prison. He previously pleaded not guilty and reportedly pleaded not guilty in April, according to Rolling Stone.

Evans was ordered to avoid the location of the robbery Atlanta and avoid contact with the victim as part of his probation.

According to a July police report, Beyoncé’s recording artist Christopher Grant and dancer Diandre Blue called 911 to report the theft from their rental car, a 2024 Jeep Wagoneer, before Beyoncé arrived. Cowboy Carter’s Journey days in Atlanta.

The October indictment said Evans broke into a car on July 8 “with intent to steal”.

The stolen hard drives contained “watermarked songs, unreleased songs, show plans and past and future playlists”, according to a police report. Clothing, designer sunglasses, laptops and AirPods were also stolen, Grant and Blue said.

Local police investigated the location of the stolen laptop and AirPods in an attempt to find the location. A police officer wrote in the report: “I stopped suspiciously in the area, because of what I was told.” There were also several cars in the area where AirPods were ringing.

“After further investigation, the silver (modified), which entered zone 5 moved at the same time and followed the AirPods.”

Evans was arrested a few weeks after Grant and Blue reported, and was publicly named as a suspect in September. He was released on a $20,000 bond a month later.

At the time of the arrest, Atlanta police said the stolen property was not recovered. It is not known if it has been found.

It’s Beyoncé Cowboy Carter they were very expensive journey of last year, earned the actor more than $407m across 32 shows. He won a 2025 Grammy album for the project, which was thanks The Guardian’s Michael Cragg described it as “a fascinating 27-track journey through and beyond American music”.

Earlier this month, Beyoncé took the lead He met Gala along with Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour. He was to accompany and her husband, Jay-Zand daughter Blue Ivy.

“It feels surreal (coming back) because my daughter has arrived,” Beyoncé she said on the red carpet. “She looks very beautiful.

It has been rumored that Beyoncé will drop her new album this summer, which is called Act III and how she will make music.

When asked about the project on the Today show earlier this month, Tina Knowles, Beyoncé’s mother, was tight-lipped: “I would tell you, but I have to kill you,” she laughed.