“Lucky for me, I had a rabbit foot in my butt,' Jelly jokes about his career.
is on a roll. The Nashville-raised rising star has made the incredible leap from prison to No. 1, and assembled millions of fans along the way.Chatting with Martin Short, who is filling in for Kimmel as guest host, Jelly admitted he’s a lucky guy. “I always say, talent will get you really far but if you don’t have a horseshoe hidden in there somewhere, you could be in a little trouble,” he explained. “Lucky for me, I had a rabbit foot in my butt.
His songwriting flourished when he was locked up, for crimes ranging from aggravated robbery to drug dealing. “I had a lot of time,” he admits. “I thought, maybe I should invest this time in something positive.” His time on the inside left an indelible mark; he got his first face tattoo while incarcerated., whose music straddles rock, rap and country. His rags to riches moment was the result of “10 years of living in my van and selling mixtapes out of my trunk,” he continued.
On making a break, “I just did it independently forever. I just kept writing songs, putting them out myself, upload them to YouTube, it started to grow and build.”when “Need a Favor” became the first ever song to have hit the top 10 of both Country Airplay and Mainstream Rock Airplay. He has tasted life at the penthouse, with “Dead Man Walking” and “Son of a Sinner” topping Billboard charts.late August, his first arena trek which has just added 16 shows.
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