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Jelly Roll sits down with Keys Weekly

Standing 6-foot-1 with multiple face tattoos, Jason DeFord, aka “Jelly Roll,” looks like a guy you wouldn’t want to pick a fight with in a bar. But as the Keys Weekly found out last week, he’s also a guy who’s happy to hop on the phone and talk about any topic completely unfiltered – even if he needs to pause the interview to try and buy a baby goat out of the back of someone’s truck. The chart-topping artist, set to headline this year’s Key West Songwriters Festival on Friday, May 5, is a barriershattering star on a meteoric rise. With a career spanning 17 studio albums over the last 12 years, he’s staked his claim in every genre he touches – including taking home wins in all three categories for which he was nominated at the 2023 CMT Music Awards.

Ahead of his first-ever visit to the Southernmost City, Jelly Roll graciously took time with the Weekly to discuss his progression thus far, his notable collaborations – both real and perceived – and the misconceptions that have followed himself and his family. Though we’ll do our best to summarize, the printed answers won’t quite do this one justice. Scan the attached QR code to read the full interview.

When you hear me, after the shock of, “OK, this is dope,” you immediately look at me and go, “Ohhh, I get it though.” It shocks you, but it doesn’t surprise you.

KW: In the early 2010s you were doing mostly rap and hip hop stuff, collaborating with guys like Tech N9ne. Fast forward to 2021, and you’re making your debut at the Grand Ole Opry. Can you take us through that progression and how it changed your songwriting process?

JR: You’re relying a lot more on the emotion when you’re singing, where there’s a lot more room to pander and tell a story when you’re rapping. It was cool, the concept of going from walking into a room and writing a song to a producer’s beat, to walking into a room and a guy pulls a guitar up and starts noodling until it’s something everybody likes. It’s made songwriting so fun for me; I don’t think I’ve even scratched the surface of figuring out what my voice can do.

KW: We were watching a mashup with you and Eminem on “Even Angels Cry.” How did all that come about? Did you call his people, or did he call you?

KW: With 17 studio albums dating back to 2011, you’re about as diverse as any musician in history. Do you think you could have made your progression between genres so successfully 15 or 20 years ago?

JR: My instinct would be to say no. But if we’re going to be honest, Kid Rock did it in ’98, so I always knew it was possible. I give all the credit to bands like Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit and all my predecessors in the ’90s that made me believe you could infuse multiple styles of music and still be successful.

KW: You have all these tattoos and look like a guy who you might not want to start a fight with in a bar. What’s one of the biggest misconceptions that people have about you today?

JR: I think one of my greatest gifts is that people don’t expect anything from me. I got to make a thank-you speech at the CMT awards, and the joke I made to my family is that the whole world probably thought I looked like a whole dumbass, but I got to get on the microphone to show them I’m just half a dumbass.

Fresh off a three-win night at the CMT awards, Jelly Roll will take his talents to Key West as he headlines the Songwriters Festival this Friday. ANDY POLLITT/Contributed

JR: Nobody has asked me this, and I’m glad I get to answer it on this platform. I actually didn’t do a song with Eminem! Apparently, the internet found a verse of Eminem to the same beats per minute as “Angels Cry,” put Eminem on “Angels Cry,” and it went viral. People will ask me about it, and I just don’t answer it, because it’s probably more in my favor if people think Eminem did a song with me. But you just gave me an idea; I’m gonna try to get my people to send that to Eminem.

KW: Not many artists get to hop on a track with their own kids. Can you talk about recording “Tears Could Talk” with your daughter Bailee Ann?

JR: She kept saying she wanted to do a song with me, and I knew she was writing stuff. She didn’t know enough about vocal control to sing at the time, so I was like, “Well, what about rap?” Now, this is a 10-year-old. I literally sat her in a room with a beat on loop, a set of headphones and a pen and paper. I walked in maybe an hour later and she had written a verse. I had nothing to do with it; the only thing I did was help her to understand a little bit of the rhythmic timing. Imagine the stuff she’s writing now that she’s almost 15.