If I was walking down a street and I saw Jelly Roll coming my way, I would quickly cross to the other side. Obese, tattoo face, drug history…later.
“In a country riddled with crises — the opioid epidemic, mass incarceration, the mental health crisis and gun violence among them — Jelly Roll’s music is an expression not just of musical tastes, but also of a desperate national hunger for healing and recovery.” — from Crispin Sartwell‘s “Can Jelly Roll Heal the Broken Soul of America?,” posted in the N.Y Times on 7.23.