Country star Jelly Roll wants to share his message from redemption with others looking for a second chance, but he says there is a barrier on his way.
The 40 -year -old told the Conditional Release Board of Tennessee that his criminal record, under the name of his birth, Jason Deford, is holding his ability to travel internationally and perform.
On Tuesday, the Board of Directors voted to recommend an amnesty for the singer. In the end, the governor of Tennessee Bell Li will make the final decision. A CBS News spokesman said that the ruler would follow a “comprehensive review” and added that he was generally announced an amnesty annually in December.
Davidson Sharif Darwun Hall, who has known Jelly Roll for years, has contributed to a support letter in the amnesty request.
“I am a lollipop for redemption,” Hall said. “I think he has an opportunity to change lives that none of us can think we are experts – none of us who subscribed to do so for a profession – and no one could have been able to do this for a profession -.
What serves Jelly Roll’s prison time?
Jelly Roll’s successful songs from personal experiences with drugs, crime, prison time and family history of addiction. Starting in 14 years, Jelly Roll spent a contract of prison and outside of drug possession, dealing, shopping and strict battery.
He spoke on his way to success with “Sunday morning” last year, from his old cell in the provincial detention facility in Nashville.
He said: “This is imprisonment. It is absorbed, everyone I went to.” “I think it is great to see weakness in this way, and we can all grow together.”
Jelly Roll regularly used its platform to be an example of others. At the 2024 CMT Awards, he designed his message to young people in detention of events, and told the crowd, “It is important to stand here tonight and represent those looking for second opportunities.”
The next day, he talked about that moment with the hosting of Jail King, saying: “The change is just around the corner.
He has made his mission to speak and perform in prisons throughout the country, and even in Capitol Hill has witnessed to defend the victims of fentanel and accountable for his past.
He said during his testimony in 2024: “I was part of the problem. Here I am now standing as a man who wants to be part of the solution.”
