it becomes clear how it bleeds into his own. Jelly Roll’s mom began to slip away before Jason was a teenager and would remain in one particular room of the house for days at a time. Doctors prescribed drugs for pain and anxiety, and this led to an addiction. Eventually ...
Jelly Roll maintained a close relationship with his father, who died of cancer in March 2019. The singer credits Buddy with teaching him to “hate racism” and “how to carry myself as a man.” Watch the documentary Jelly Roll: Save Me on Hulu Prison and Drug Addiction Jelly Roll was...
Jelly Roll has already partaken by the time he arrives at the Grand Ole Opry, whereBillboardfirst meets him. “As I walked in here, my publicist was a little worried about it, and I said, ‘Let me tell you something: I’m as high as I can be every time...
A year ago, Jelly Roll was a country singer on the rise entering the CMT Music Awards. Now in 2024, he’s a bona fide superstar and one of the most nominated artists ahead of the April 7 ceremony. Jelly Roll—real name Jason DeFord—received three nominations for the annual country sho...
The artist known as Jelly Roll is a 39-year-old former rapper whose songs tell of the troubled life he used to lead. He's now one of the biggest names in country music, with two Grammy nominations this year. With correspondent Kelefa Sanneh, we go w
Rapper-turned-country singer Jelly RollHe's a former rapper who calls himself Jelly Roll, who sings songs about the troubled life he used to lead. He recently won a Country Music Association Award for best new artist. In 2023, he had three No. 1 country hits, and this year, he's nom...
But all jokes aside, he loves that Jelly Roll is reminding artists that playing shows in prisons and other similar facilities is still a possibility. "Of course, we all know theJohnny Cashstory [of the country legend recordingAt Folsom Prisonlive at a prison in 1968]. But I did not know...
Jelly left prison for the last time at age 24, and in the decade-and-a-half since, he's worked his way up in music, both as a rapper and as a country singer. Over the past couple of years, he has become one of country music's most beloved stars, and released his debut country...
Jelly Roll didn’t exactly get clean and sober after prison. He’s been honest about using cocaine when he would drink until very recently,but before that, he did not discriminate. Where did he get the drugs? In theSave Medocumentary he talks about how wild he and Bunnie were early on...
Jelly Roll and Brandon Lake have teamed up for a new collaboration titled "Hard Fought Hallelujah." Get all the details.