Jelly Roll opens recording studio in juvenile detention center where he was incarcerated

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Jelly Roll is very big on giving back.According to Entertainment Tonight, the country music star helped launch a music studio inside of Davidson County Juvenile Detention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was once incarcerated.The outlet reported that a portion of the proceeds from Jelly Roll’s Bridgestone Arena headlining show in December and the Redemption Songs event earlier this year helped fund the program.ET included a quote from the press release of the program that read, “This collaboration, featuring music luminaries Jeffrey Steele and ERNEST, alongside 35 pro/hit songwriters who helped kick off the program launch, embodies the belief in music’s role in personal growth and redemption, showcasing the journey from juvenile detention to success.”In December 2022, the musician spoke to People magazine about creating a music studio in the detention center and how he wants “to bring hope” to troubled youths.“It’s important, man.

I think it’s important that we give back, especially [to] our kids,” he told the outlet at the time. “Man, our youth are so impressionable and the old quote goes, ‘None of them asked to be here.'”Jelly Roll continued, “They were born into just whatever situation it was, and sometimes they can’t see past that situation or that neighborhood or that environment.

I just hope to bring hope to that and kind of be a beacon and a light for those kids.”At the time, People shared that Jelly Roll was teaming up with the nonprofit Impact Youth Outreach to create the music studio.

He told the outlet that it was during his time serving at the juvenile center that he found his passion for music.“I was in and out of there for about three, three and a half years.