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com Published: 18:54 EDT, 20 August 2024 | Updated: 19:09 EDT, 20 August 2024 e-mail 22 shares View comments Jelly Roll opened up about how he changed his life and quit using drugs while he was in prison when his daughter Bailee Ann was born in May of 2008. The two-time Grammy nominee, 39, speaking with The New York Times Sunday, was asked about his previous statement that he vowed to change his life after becoming a parent in prison; and if anything could have happened to persuade him to cease using drugs prior to that point. 'I’m not sure,' said the Antioch, Tennessee native, whose full name is Jason Bradley DeFord.
'I’m learning to forgive myself for the decisions I made when I was that young. They were wrong and I knew they were wrong, and I was doing them with a sense of pride and excitement. Jelly Roll, who is father to Bailee Ann, 16, and Noah, seven, from a prior relationship, said he's 'learning to give myself the grace to look back and go: "I was 15.
I was so young,"' adding, 'I don’t know what could have helped me, to be honest.' The Save Me vocalist was asked in further depth about how the news of his fatherhood influenced his decis.