Jelly Roll may be living a lavish life now, but his success did not come easily.

But fortunately, the country star was one of the lucky ones.

Jelly Roll’s first arrest marked the beginning of a decade-long string of incarcerations.

Jelly Roll posing at Sirius XM’s Happy Hour

But how did it all start?

What led him down this path in the first place?

Heavy drug use and getting by on side hustles were common in his hometown of Antioch, Tennessee.

Jelly Roll smiling alongside his mother

“I want to be open about it I thought it was my only choice.

Everybody did drugs,” he told theNew York Timesin 2024.