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

Jelly Roll is very big on giving back.

According to Entertainment Tonight, the country music star helped launch a music studio inside the Davidson County Juvenile Detention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was once incarcerated.

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, the outlet reported.

ET included a quote from the show’s press release that read: “This collaboration, featuring music stars Jeffrey Steele and Ernst, along with 35 professional/successful songwriters who helped launch the show, embodies the belief in the role of music in personal growth and redemption, showcasing the journey from Detention of juveniles to success.

In December 2022, the musician spoke to People magazine about setting up a music studio in the detention center and how he wants to “bring hope” to troubled youth.

“It’s important, man. I think it’s important to give back, especially.” [to] Our children,” he told the outlet at the time. “Man, our young people are so impressionable, the old quote goes, ‘No one asked them to be here.’”

“They’re born into whatever situation it is, and sometimes they can’t see beyond that situation or that neighborhood or that environment,” Jelly Roll continued. “I just hope to bring hope to that and be a beacon and a light for these 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 pa*sion for music.

“I was in and out of there for three, three and a half years. I spent a lot of time there, and in the end I was charged as an adult for a crime I committed as a juvenile. “And I just realized that this was the most impactful thing that had ever happened in my life, that The darkest moments of my life were still when that frightened 15-year-old was spending Thanksgiving away from his family.”

Jelly Roll continued, “I knew I wanted to give back whenever I was in a situation, and I always knew I wanted to make it really personal. So, I went back to the same event where I started playing music. I wrote some of my first raps there, and I went through My first big rap battle there.

In an interview with PKB News Digital ahead of the CMT Music Awards earlier this month, Jelly Roll said “God had a bigger purpose” for him.

“It was a lot of faith coming from me thinking it was going to work out for me,” he said. “Can you imagine being a 37-year-old failed musician telling people this is your job?”

Jelly Roll, who rose to fame with his 2021 album “Ballad of the Broken,” explained that he had been composing music for years before gaining recognition. In 2003, he attempted to create hip-hop music with his debut release “The Plain Shmear Tape,” but eventually made his way into country and rock music.

“It wasn’t like something I did on the side. Like, it was my job. I always believed that God had a greater purpose for what I was trying to do,” Jelly Roll said.

The musician pointed out that his life is proof that “not everyone has to make a deal with the devil in this business.”

Jelly Roll had a troubled upbringing and was imprisoned before he had a chance to graduate from high school.

He served time when he was 14 and welcomed his first child, daughter Billie, while still behind bars.

Since then, the “Need A Favor” singer has put his life on track and gained full custody of Bailee and is raising her with his wife, Bunnie Xo. Bonnie, a former s*x worker, and Jelly Roll married in 2016.