The country singer known as Jelly Roll is opening up about his faith, telling CCM artist Brandon Lake in a new video that he believes God is working on him and that he tries to follow Jesus in his daily walk. Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, also told Lake he wore a WWJD bracelet as a teenager.
“We should bring those things back,” he said, smiling.
“It was such a good way to be like, ‘What would that Dude do?'”
This month, Lake and Jelly Roll released a collaboration of Lake’s hit song Hard Fought Hallelujah. Jelly Roll is a four-time Grammy nominee and eight-time Country Music Association (CMA) Awards nominee who won New Artist of the Year for 2023.
Lake posted a conversation between the two singers on YouTube.
“I think God put you in my life for a reason,” Jelly Roll told Lake. “I think God’s been circling my wagon for a while, and I think He’s kind of starting to pick at me a little more every day.”
Jelly Roll said he fell in love with Hard Fought Hallelujah and didn’t realize at first it was a Christian song. Lake later invited him to collaborate.
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