JellyRoll
| Jelly Roll | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jason DeFord |
| Also known as | Jelly Roll, Totem Pole Roll, Fat Man Jones |
| Origin | Antioch, Tennessee, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | A-Game, Crashout Music, Hypnotize Mindz, Wyte Music, Select-O-Hits, Bad Apple Inc, Jingle Punks Music, |
| Associated acts | Lil Wyte, Haystak, Young Buck, Rittz, Caskey, Bubba Sparxxx, Yelawolf, Boondox, Worm, O.N.E |
| Website | www |
Jason DeFord, better known by his stage name Jelly Roll, is an American rapper known for his collaborations with Lil Wyte and Haystak. He gained national and international attention after a legal dispute with Waffle House.
DeFord grew up in Nashville, particularly the Southside community of Antioch. He received the nickname "JellyRoll" from his mother and kept it to honor an incarcerated friend. DeFord was incarcerated himself at age 14, which precipitated an ongoing cycle of incarceration until 2009 which included a drug possession conviction. Following the styles of UGK, 8Ball & MJG, Three 6 Mafia, Chamillionare and Paul Wall, JellyRoll began crafting his own rhymes as a "therapeutic means" to deal with difficult situations.
In the summer of 2010, Jelly Roll's Pop Another Pill collaboration with Memphis rapper Lil Wyte would go on to get over 1 million YouTube views. This song lead to the SNO group album Year Round released on Hypnotize Minds in April 2011, a project executive-produced by Oscar winners DJ Paul and Juicy J. SNO release Come Here White Girl was named among the "The 10 Most Memorable White Rapper Collaborations" by XXL.
Jelly Roll has released numerous mixtapes including the Gamblin' on a Whiteboy series and the Therapeuitic Music series. He has also released only one solo studio album, the independently released "The Big Sal Story", two collaboration albums with Haystak, one collaboration album with Lil Wyte, and one album under the group SNO with Lil Wyte and BPZ.
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