Jelly Roll spent time in jail and prison mainly for aggravated robbery and drug-related offenses, starting when he was a teenager.

What Was Jelly Roll in Prison For?

  • As a teen, Jelly Roll was first locked up around age 14 for early run-ins with the law.
  • By 16, he was arrested and later convicted of aggravated robbery in a case that involved a gun and marijuana, which he has called the worst decision of his life.
  • Over the years, he was arrested roughly 40 times for things like drug possession, drug dealing, shoplifting, and other related charges.
  • In his early twenties (around age 23), he also served time for dealing drugs , and he has said that being incarcerated when his daughter was born was a turning point for him.

Because aggravated robbery is classified as a violent felony in Tennessee, that conviction followed him for years, limiting things like voting and international travel even after he became successful in music.

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