Jelly Roll has three Grammy Awards nominations. The singer, who has already been nominated twice in 2023 and twice in 2024, is nominated for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song for “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” with Brandon Lake, Best Contemporary Country Album for Beautifully Broken, and Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “Amen,” with Shaboozey. The singer, sporting a new, clean-shaven look,…
Jelly Roll‘s wife, Bunnie Xo, is opening up about her traumatic past. The mother and podcaster, whose real name is Alyssa DeFord, shares part of her story, ahead of her memoir, Stripped Down, available next year. In a new social media post, Bunnie Xo shares several of her mugshots, from a time when her life was spiraling out of…
When Jelly Roll embarked on his 2024 Beautifully Broken Tour, he invited Alexandra Kay to join him on the road. The experience put Kay in front of thousands of fans, fans she would have never been able to perform in front of, if not for the “Save Me” singer. It’s an opportunity Kay will always be grateful she got…
Brandon Lake is releasing a collaboration with Cody Johnson. After Lake and Jelly Roll‘s successful “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” the Christian singer reveals he is releasing a version of “When a Cowboy Prays” with Johnson. Lake shared the news during a recent concert, as part of his headlining King of Hearts Tour. “The cool part about this song is —…
Jelly Roll is officially a Dove Awards winner. Jelly Roll won three trophies – Song of the Year, Bluegrass/Country/Roots Recorded Song of the Year, and Short Form Music Video – all for his “Hard Fought Hallelujah” collaboration with Brandon Lake. “Y’all forgive me,” Jelly Roll begins after winning the Dove Award for Song of the Year. “I’m not even…
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Jelly Roll likely could have never even dreamed up his recent performance. The Nashville native flew overseas to perform “Hard Fought Hallelujah” at the Grace for the World: The Live Event in Vatican City, where he also got to meet Pope Leo XIV. Jelly Roll was one of several performers for the event, joined by Pharrell Williams and Andrea…
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Jelly Roll just gave a powerful speech to the Tennessee Titans. The Nashville native visited the football team to offer a word of encouragement ahead of the upcoming season. “I grew up right here in Nashville, Tennessee,” Jelly Roll says after introducing himself. “I’m super proud of that. When I grew up here, it was like 300,000 people in…
Congratulations to Jelly Roll, who just received his first Gospel Music Association Dove Award nominations, all for “Hard Fought Hallelujah” with Brandon Lake. The country music hitmaker is nominated for Song of the Year and Bluegrass/Country/Roots Recorded Song of the Year with Lake. The nominations are two of a total of nine for Lake, who leads this year’s list…
Jelly Roll is giving fans a new update on his weight loss. The 40-year-old reveals he is about to hit a new weight loss milestone, for the first time in decades, ahead of his WWE debut at SummerSlam on August 2. “I got fat really young. Like really, really young, was over 300 pounds coming out of middle school,”…
When Jelly Roll won three CMT Awards in 2023, he was just beginning his meteoric rise in country music. The three he won were all for “Son of a Sinner,” his first single. At the time, Jelly Roll was very much still uncertain how welcome a former inmate with facial tattoos would be received in country music, but he…
