Well aware that he would not have achieved life-changing success without the support of his fans, Audacy Launch artist Jelly Roll is quick to jump on any opportunity to pay it forward. Recently, those opportunities have spanned from buying pizza to posting bail.
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Jelly shared a slice of the good life with a high school softball team in his home state of Tennessee this month after seeing their fundraising sign from the stage at his Country Thunder performance.
"I could tell it would mean a lot to them to get to go,” Jelly said in a statement after buying 30 pizzas from the team and covering their $6,000 flight bill to attend a tournament in Florida. “They were working hard to get there… I am now a big fan of the Abingdon softball team and will be cheering them on as they go."
"It was so nice of him to do that," expressed Junior outfielder, Alyssa Lindsay. Added Senior second baseman, Kinley Brooks, “This doesn't happen, you don't hear about this."
The Abingdon softball team hasn’t been the only recipient of Jelly’s selfless gestures. The 38-year-old also extended an offer to post bail for one fan who climbed the roof at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio during Jelly’s recent tour stop.
Jelly Roll and his wife, Bunnie XO, took to social media to offer to post bail after seeing a video of a fan scaling the venue. According to another fan, the climber has been released from jail, but it is unclear whether or not they actually took Jelly Roll up on his offer.
The 38-year-old musician has a soft spot for inmates as he’s been one for a large majority of his life. He has been open with fans surrounding his past struggles with addiction and the legal system since the beginning and has continued to use his platform to inspire, connect, and educate.
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