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Jelly Roll was facing a potential 20-year sentence, though he ultimately served over a year for the charge, followed by more than seven years of probation.
Jelly Roll first went to jail when he was 14, and spent the next almost ten years in and out of facilities — he's said he's been arrested around 40 times — for charges relating to drug...
Even though Jelly Roll hasn't been in prison since he was 24 years old (he'll be 40 years old in December 2024), his time spent behind bars not only haunts his soul but actually limits his legal rights, as he Billboard explains.
Singer-songwriter Jelly Roll spent many of his younger years in prison, but one person, in particular, motivated him to turn his life around.
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From middle adolescence to young adulthood, Jelly Roll experienced a revolving door of prison stints — doing time for offenses including drug possession with intent to distribute, alongside...
He pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of possession with intent to sell cocaine that same year and was sentenced to eight years in prison and another eight years of probation. Prison records...
In 2024, Congress welcomed a speaker both likely and unlikely — unlikely, because the man identified as "Jason 'Jelly Roll' DeFord" was a convicted felon and former drug dealer, and likely for those exact same reasons. Jelly gave an impassioned speech about the dangers of fentanyl, and he knew firsthand what the stakes were. He shared that he ...
Convicted felons in Tennessee are stripped of so many of their rights, even after they're done serving time. Jason Bradley DeFord, otherwise known as Jelly Roll, was convicted of armed robbery in 2000; he can no longer vote, own a firearm, receive government benefits, or hold public office. But one thing the state can never take away from him ...
Jelly Roll opens up about his time in prison, his new album, 'Whitsitt Chapel,' and explains why 'losers can win' in Billboard's latest cover story.