R. Kelly has announced plans to write a memoir, according to a statement. Kelly will collaborate on the book with David Ritz, and is tentatively scheduled to be published sometime in 2011.

"I'm writing this book as Robert, not R. Kelly," the singer said in the statement. "I'm tired of being misunderstood. I will show you the tears, fears, and sweat. I will open my heart and reveal the good in my life as well as all the drama. I want to tell it like it is."