Jelly Roll: 5 Things About The Rising Country Rap Star Performing At The 2023 CMTs

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Jelly Roll Tech is known for his collaborations with other artists such as N9ne, Lil Wyte and Ryan Upchurch. Learn more about it.

• Jelly Roll is country rap.
• He had a big impact on the rap scene with his music and collaborations.
• Jelly Roll will perform at the 2023 CMT Music Awards.

Jelly Roll, 38, has made quite an impression as a country rapper. The talented artist who goes by the name Jason Deford has been releasing music since 2011 and is also working on high-profile collaborations with equally talented rappers. He'll take the stage to perform at the 2023 CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee on April 2, and is nominated for three awards, including Male Video of the Year ("Son of a Sinner"), Male. Breakthrough Video of the Year ("Son of a Sinner") and CMT Digital-First Performance of the Year ("Son of a Sinner").

Learn more about Jelly Roll and how he got into country rap below.

His first major release was a collaboration with Lil Wyte.

Jelly Roll hails from Nashville and collaborated with rapper Lil White on 2010's "Pop Another Pill." It was posted on YouTube and has over 6.3 million views. Success in 2011 saw the release of Year Round, an album by the hip hop group SNO Jelly Roll, featuring Lil Wyte and BPZ .

Since 2011 he has released several mixtapes, EPs and studio albums.

Following the release of Year Round , Jelly Roll released several other projects, including Gamblin's Whiteboy mixtape series and the Therapeutic Music mixtape series in 2012 and 2015 respectively. He released his first studio album The Big Sal Story in 2012 and has worked on other collaborations, including two with Haystack , two with Lil Wyte and four with Struggle Jennings .

Jelly Roll broke Billboard's record by spending 25 weeks at number one on the New Artist chart in February 2023. WHITSITT CHAPEL is expected to release his highly anticipated country album in June 2023 .

Jelly Roll has many tattoos.

Part of the painting is on the face and hands and looks like a cross, a tear drop and a decorative heart. The ink was frequently featured on the covers of many of his music publications and was his trademark.

Married, has children.

According to Music Mayhem, in August 2016, Jelly Roll married Bunny DeFord, whose stage name is Bunny XO . They first met at one of his shows in Las Vegas, Nevada and immediately "hit it off." "We agreed," Jelly Roll told Taste of Country Nights . "He said he fell in love with the saddest eyes in the room."

"He had rough sex and they came to the show and we were backstage," he said in an interview with King and the Sting and Wing Clips . “They're gone and I'm not going to claim I hit them. He shot himself. We had mutual friends. He said no. It connects me to Jelly. I was ahead of him in something else. I said no. I will be recording some content and videos. He said yes! Come on!" I said, "Okay, I'm staying in a van, I'm leaving now."

Before Jelly Roll's relationship with Bunny, he was in another relationship in which his daughter Bailey Ann Deford was born in May 2008. Born after his incarceration, on his 13th birthday he found his life in his thoughts. When he was released from prison in 2009.

"You changed my life. You are the reason I am who I am. The day you were born, I decided to change my life and make my dreams come true," she wrote on Instagram on her birthday. "Take care. of you, take care of me. You are very bright, very talented, very funny, very sweet. You are well spoken, kind and respectful. You are my best friend and the best daughter a father could have. Wishes. I love you so much."

Jelly Roll is the father of Buddy DeFord's son Noah, born in 2016. He wasn't as open with Bailey as he is now as a singer. Noah's mother's name was never released, and Jelly Roll has previously said that he doesn't talk much about Noah out of respect for his mother, who wants to keep her privacy. In September 2021, she shared behind-the-scenes photos of her son at one of her shows, pictured above.

She likes to share the happy and difficult moments of her life on Instagram.

Jelly Roll has shared his musical joys and moments of personal loss on his social media app. In November 2022, his mother posted a video of him visiting his wife Bunny's mother, who sadly passed away. She included a long message about how Bunny didn't meet her mother until she was in her 30s, and she hopes to one day share this inspiring story.

“Vanessa, the rabbit's mother (my mother-in-law, the lady in the seat) died yesterday. "I hope one day my wife does a podcast and explains that she met her mother, which didn't happen until my wife was in her 30s," he touched on. signed the message. "And after my wife Vanessa moved to Tennessee last year and tried to get the medical care she needed, how tough and heartbreaking and healing it was. Needless to say, my husband is the strongest person I've ever met. His heart never fails. . . . He amazes me and his ability to find silver linings and lessons in every step. Pray for healing hearts at my house this weekend."

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