![]() ![]() Jelly Roll (born Jason DeFord) grew up in Antioch, a culturally diverse working-class suburb south of downtown Nashville. So that was like my high school prom and the graduation I never had, on national television.” “I spent my entire childhood feeling like I didn’t belong - in every situation, I felt like the uncomfortable fat kid. “It was an absolute dream come true, the best-case scenario, and I’ve had a worst-case scenario life up to this point,” Jelly Roll said in a telephone interview the following week, excitedly recounting his interactions backstage with Shania Twain and Slash. The crowd was on its feet as he performed his new single, “Need a Favor,” in a studded leather jacket, his gravelly voice backed by a full gospel choir. In a room full of country music royalty, the artist Jelly Roll - a 38-year-old face-tattooed former addict and drug dealer who got his start selling his own hip-hop mixtapes out of his car - took home the most trophies, beating superstars including Morgan Wallen, Kane Brown and Luke Combs. ![]() ![]() At the CMT Music Awards this month, the least likely nominee turned into the night’s biggest story. ![]()
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