R. Kelly, the R&B music star, was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday, months after a jury found the disgraced singer guilty of racketeering and eight counts of sex-trafficking in September.

During the trial, prosecutors said that Kelly’s managers and aides helped him meet underaged girls, whom he later abused.

Federal prosecutors recommended a sentencing “in excess of 25 years,” as they argued in a sentencing letter that Kelly has shown no remorse and “exhibited a callous disregard” for the effects of his abuse on his victims for decades.

They argued his behavior appeared to have been “fueled by narcissism and a belief that his musical talent absolved him of any need to conform his conduct” to the law.

“He committed these crimes using his fame and stardom as both a shield, which prevented close scrutiny or condemnation of his actions,” prosecutors wrote. “And a sword, which gave him access to wealth and a network of enablers to facilitate his crimes, and an adoring fan base from which to cull his victims.”

Kelly’s attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, asked for a sentence of under 10 years. Bonjean claimed that the government’s understanding of the appropriate sentencing range was flawed, the New York Times reported.

Several accusers delivered victim impact statements ahead of the sentencing, adding to the trial testimony of 11 victims who accused Kelly of sexual, physical and emotional abuse.

Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was first accused of sexual misconduct with underage girls in the 1990s. His 1994 marriage to R&B star Aaliyah, who was just 15 years old at the time the two illegally wed, was scrutinized during the trial, with one witness saying Kelly began sexually abusing Aaliyah when she was 13 or 14 years old.

Kelly, whose most famous song is I Believe I Can Fly, produced Aaliyah’s first album. She died in a plane crash in 2001.

He was indicted on child pornography charges in 2002 but was acquitted in 2008.

Bonjean argued in her sentencing letter that prosecutors painted Kelly “as a one-dimensional villain, undeserving of any measure of humanity or dignity” and that “there is far more to the picture.”

She advocated for a shorter sentence because of his “traumatic childhood,” including a “severe history of sexual abuse” by a family member and a landlord.

“He is not an evil monster but a complex (unquestionably flawed) human-being who faced overwhelming challenges in childhood that shaped his adult life,” she wrote.

U.S. District Court Judge Ann Donnelly said she considered Kelly’s childhood trauma in her sentencing.

“It may explain, at least in part, what led to your behavior,” she said, according to CNN. “It most surely is not an excuse.”

“You left in your wake a trail of broken lives,” Donnelly told Kelly.