Jelly Roll Opens Up About Becoming a Father While in Prison and How Daughter Bailee Inspired His New Album
etonline.comJelly Roll continues rolling along on his road to redemption. The 38-year-old musician looks to the future while reckoning with his colorful past, opening up in a new interview about music, drugs and becoming a father while incarcerated.
As Jelly — born Jason DeFord — gears up to drop his highly anticipated new country album,, the artist is featured in a new cover story for magazine.
The star gets candid about his unconventional journey to the top of Nashville's music scene, crediting his daughter, Bailee, with offering a great deal of influence on the new album. «A guard knocks on my cell door midafternoon during lockdown,» Jelly recalls, referencing one of his many stints in prison as a teen and young adult. «He goes, 'You had a kid today.' I've never had nothing in life that urged me in the moment to know that I had to do something different.
I have to figure this out right now.» Jelly's daughter, now 15 years old, was born on May 22, 2008. It's one year older than Jelly was when, at 14 years old in 1999, he was incarcerated for the first time.
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