Jelly Roll is hoping to bring his tours overseas, but he's overcoming some 'legal puzzles' first.
Jelly Roll performs onstage at the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards from Ford Center at The Star on May 16, 2024 in Frisco, Texas.Jelly Roll is hoping to bring his high-energy stage presence overseas, but he’s overcoming some “legal puzzles” first.discussion, where he shared that he’s hoping to tour internationally. “It’s funny, America has finally agreed to let me leave and give me a passport, but some countries won’t let me come because of my felonies,” he explained.
Jelly Roll has been open about his past incarcerations, and uses his platform to help others overcome similar journeys. The star has been to jail dozens of times for various drug charges, stemming all the way back to his first arrest at age 14. Two years later, he was arrested for aggravated robbery and was charged as an adult, leading him to serve more than a year in prison and seven years’ probation.
“This is a grown man looking back at a 16-year-old kid that made the worst decision that he could have made in life and people could have got hurt and, by the grace of God, thankfully, nobody did.”The star added that the birth of his daughter Bailee inspired him to change. At 23, while incarcerated for drug dealing, he recalled, “May 22, 2008. A guard knocks on my cell door midafternoon during lockdown. He goes, ‘You had a kid today.
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