Jelly Roll on His Rise from a Troubled Past

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

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🗓️ 6 October 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Willie Geist sits down with former rapper turned country artist, Jelly Roll, ahead of his latest album, "Beautifully Broken". He tells the story of his troubled upbringing and how he turned it all around, now selling out the biggest arenas in the country.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down podcast.
0:09.2	My thanks as always for clicking and listening along. Man, am I excited for you to hear my
0:14.4	you to hear my conversation this week with one of the brightest,
0:17.6	most talented, and honestly most inspiring stars in all of music right now.
0:21.9	He goes by the name of Jelly Roll. His real name is
0:25.4	Jason de Ford, but his mom gave him the nickname Jelly Roll many many years ago
0:30.4	and it has stuck through his life and now through his rise to start him.
0:35.2	If you don't know Jelly Roll, look them up real quick.
0:37.4	You'll know him right away.
0:38.5	Big guy, face tattoos, big smile, lots of energy, lots of charisma, and lots of talent as a musician.
0:46.0	He actually started as a rapper and has evolved in the last few years to become one of the biggest
0:50.9	stars in country music and really has transcended into popular music as well.
0:55.0	You may know him because he just was on SNL.
0:58.0	He was the first musical guest of SNL's 50th season recently, and I caught him in this incredible moment.
1:04.6	We got together in a hotel room in New York City.
1:06.8	I'm surprised he even had an hour to spend with me.
1:08.9	He's so busy between everything he's doing and the tour he's on,
1:12.7	the album he has coming out beautifully broken.
1:15.0	So I caught him in this moment where
1:17.3	he had just played a sold-out show in Boston
1:20.0	at the arena where the Celtics play.
1:22.0	Then he had sold out the next night Madison Square Garden in New York.
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