When you grow up in a middle- and lower-class community, no one sees the effects of drug abuse like those people.” My mother has struggled with addiction her whole life. Thankfully, she’s sober and back in her life now. My child’s mother disappeared from her life for almost five years because of a heroin addiction. Also, addiction for me is more than just my problems. I’ve had years - dude, I don’t remember years. “I took a lot of Xanax, did a lot of cocaine, just really took it overboard. I drank a lot of codeine, a lot of cough syrup,” he explains. As a teen, he was charged with robbery and at 21, he was charged with possession with intent to distribute. In his teens and early twenties, he was in and out of jail. But ‘Save Me’ was a breakthrough for me, because people could really hear my voice and pain - and I sing from a lifetime of hurt.”īoth in interviews and in music, Jelly Roll is open about his struggles with addiction. I’m still a little uncomfortable in my voice, to be honest. “It’s the first where I’m leaning into nothing but singing,” he says. On his new album, except for a sole rap verse, Jelly Roll sings - and bares his soul - more than ever. His powerful voice and the track’s vulnerable lyrics resonated with listeners, earning Jelly Roll his first Gold-certified song from the Recording Industry Association of America. Last year, Jelly Roll’s career reached a new milestone with the intense ballad “Save Me.” It was the first song he sang his lead vocal instead of rapping.
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