The former hip-hop musician is the second most-nominated artist on Music City’s biggest night, trailing only Lainey Wilson, with whom he’s up for Musical Event of the Year, for “Save Me.”
— one of five awards he’s up for Wednesday night at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena — but he’s hardly fresh off the farm.
Former hip-hop artist Jelly Roll made his country debut with his hit single “Son of a Sinner” in 2021.“It’s the honor of all honors. Man, it’s a blessing,” said Jelly Roll, who will also perform “Love Can Build a Bridge” with R&B diva K. Michelle — “The voice of God,” he remarked — during a scheduled tribute to
“Hip-hop was my first love,” he says. “I remember when I was a young child, my brothers and sisters put their money together, and they bought me a cassette tape. And it was a single for a song called ‘Rump Shaker’ by Wreckx-N-Effect. And I remember spending an entire summer going, ‘All I wanna do is zoom-a-zoom-zoom-zoom/And a poom-poom/Just shake ya rump.”
And while he may now have country cred to spare, Jelly Roll still feels very much connected to hip-hop.Country music
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