Jelly Roll‘s 15-year-old daughter, Bailee, lives with him and his wife Bunnie. It was Bailee who inspired Jelly Roll to turn his life around, after he found out he was a father while in prison, but it’s Bunnie who deserves a lot of the credit for making them one big, happy family. The “Save Me” singer was homeless, living…
Jelly Roll‘s new album, Whitsitt Chapel, is named after his childhood church. The Nashville native was baptized into that church when was 14, the same year he was also arrested for the first time, kicking off a decade of life in and out of jail. So when his daughter, Bailee, was 14, she also wanted to get baptized, an…
We know that Cody Johnson already recorded a duet with Carrie Underwood, which will likely be on his forthcoming double album, Leather, but now it seems he could have another collaboration in the works as well. The Texan hints that he might have something special coming with Jelly Roll, a combination that to Johnson makes complete sense. “Respect is mutual,…
Jelly Roll‘s debut country album, Whitsitt Chapel, just came out, but it’s not because he just decided to write country music. Instead, the rapper-turned-singer says he has always been tied to the country music genre, even if the connection wasn’t obvious. “I feel like I’ve always written nothing but country songs, they were just my version of it and…
Jelly Roll‘s Whitsitt Chapel album is out. The 13-track record, Jelly Roll’s first country project, encompasses his entire life and career, including his times incarcerated as both a juvenile and adult, and his journey escaping what seemed to be an inevitable life in and out of prison. “I’ve realized in life, of all the emotions that one can feel,…
Jelly Roll is still paying for sins and transgressions he committed when he was just a child. The 38-year-old was charged with aggravated robbery, a felony, when he was just 16 years old. At the time, Jelly Roll — already in and out of incarceration — was charged as an adult, all but sealing his fate as a permanent…
Struggle Jennings‘ latest album, Monte Carlo, is out now. The record is a testament to how far Jennings has come, including a five-year incarceration on drug charges, and overcoming addiction that already claimed the lives of those close to him. It’s an uphill battle that Jennings says would not have happened without the influence of his grandfather, Waylon Jennings,…
Jelly Roll will spend not one but two nights at the iconic Ryman Auditorium. The Nashville native will appear at the Mother Church of Country Music on May 30, for a Q&A about his Save Me documentary, which premieres on Hulu that day. The following night, May 31, Jelly Roll will perform his new album, Whitsitt Chapel, in its…
Jelly Roll has had some soaring highs and terrifying lows throughout his life. They will all soon be on display for the world to see in Save Me, a new documentary on his path from his troubled childhood to years in and out of jail, to becoming one of country music’s biggest stars. For Jelly Roll, whose real name…
We now know what songs will be on Jelly Roll‘s new Whitsitt Chapel album. The “Need a Favor” singer just shared all 13 songs on the forthcoming project, revealing that he wrote all of the tracks, alongside writers like Ashley McBryde, HARDY, Brantley Gilbert and more. Whitsitt Chapel includes three collaborations: with Gilbert and Struggle Jennings, on “Behind Bars,”…
