

"Jelly Roll Scores His First Number One". 1 Radio Hit With "Dead Man Walking": "The Losers Win Again Baby!" ".

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"Nashville Native Jelly Roll on Shifting From Hip Hop to Country-Rock: 'I Want to Change The Way Music Is Done on Those Streets' ". ^ a b Nicholson, Jessica (September 16, 2021)."8 Things You Might Not Know About "Son of a Sinner" Singer Jelly Roll". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Other charted and certified songs List of charted and certified songs, showing year released and album name "House of Mirrors" ( Hollywood Undead featuring Jelly Roll) "-" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.Īs featured artist List of singles as featured artist, with showing year released "I'm on It" (featuring Young Slugga, David Ray and Brabo Gator) Singles List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name Mid-Grade Miracle (The Boston George Story) Label: Self-released (personal mixtape demo).Waylon & Willie IV (with Struggle Jennings) Waylon & Willie III (with Struggle Jennings) Waylon & Willie II (with Struggle Jennings) Discography Studio albums List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and sales figures Jelly Roll is married to Bunnie DeFord, aka Bunnie XO, and has one daughter and one son from previous relationships. Jelly Roll released his album Whitsitt Chapel featuring the single " Need a Favor" on June 2, 2023. Īt the 2023 CMT Music Awards, Jelly Roll won for Male Video of the Year, Male Breakthrough Video of the Year, and Digital-First Performance of the Year, all for the song "Son of a Sinner". In the summer of 2023, he will embark on the 44-city ‘Backroad Baptism Tour’. Jelly Roll sold out Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on December 9, 2022, to 15,000 fans and was joined by Chris Young, Sam Hunt, Riley Green, Shinedown, Ernest, Struggle Jennings, Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko. In Feb 2023, he made history with a record-breaking 25th week at number 1 on Billboard's Emerging Artists chart. The track was the second single from the 2021 album Ballads of the Broken and also peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. In January 2023, Jelly Roll scored his first number-one song on Country radio with his debut country single " Son of a Sinner", written by Jelly Roll and David Ray Stevens. On May 9, 2022, Jelly Roll scored his first number one on rock radio with the track "Dead Man Walking". On July 7, 2022, he was invited by country singer Craig Morgan to join him on stage at the Opry to perform "Almost Home". Jelly Roll made his Grand Ole Opry debut on November 9, 2021. The replacement cover featured a " cease and desist" stamp in place of the Waffle House logo. Jelly Roll's 2013 mixtape Whiskey, Weed, & Women was originally named Whiskey, Weed, & Waffle House, but was later changed after the restaurant threatened legal action over the use of their name and logo on the cover. Over the next few years, Jelly Roll released many mixtapes and independent solo album including collaborations with Lil Wyte, Struggle Jennings, Haystak, and Tech N9ne. This song led to the album Year Round by the hip-hop group SNO, of which Jelly Roll was a member. His 2010 collaboration "Pop Another Pill" with Memphis rapper Lil Wyte reached over 6.3 million YouTube views. Career īefore his transition into country music, Jelly Roll launched his career in hip hop. Jelly Roll would go on to spend 10 years in federal prison from the age of 14 to 25. While exposed to running the streets and dealing drugs at a young age, Jelly Roll and his crew were arrested and charged with multiple counts of possession and attempted robbery after an attempted marijuana robbery.

Jason DeFord was raised in the Antioch neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. In 2023, he won three CMT Music Awards for the song " Son of a Sinner". Jason Bradley DeFord (born December 4, 1984), known professionally as Jelly Roll (sometimes stylized as JellyRoll), is an American multi-genre singer/songwriter.
