After winning three Grammy Awards, Jelly Roll used the stage to share the Gospel with millions watching the live show, reminding them that “anybody can have a relationship with Jesus.”
After winning three Grammy Awards, Jelly Roll used the stage to share the Gospel with millions watching the live show, reminding them that “anybody can have a relationship with Jesus.”
At the Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, Jelly Roll won Best Contemporary Country Album for his 2024 album, Beautifully Broken, Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song with Brandon Lake for “Hard Fought Hallelujah” and Best Country Duo/Group Performance with Shaboozey for “Amen.”
.After winning the Grammy for best contemporary country album, the 41-year-old singer credited Jesus and his “beautiful wife,” former OnlyFans star Alisa DeFord, for changing his life.
“I know they’re going to try to kick me off here, so just let me try to get this out. First of all, Jesus, I hear you and I’m listening, Lord. I am listening, Lord,” Jelly Roll said from the stage.
“I would have never changed my life without you. I’d have ended up dead or in jail. I’d have killed myself if it wasn’t for you and Jesus. I thank you for that,” he said. “There was a time in my life, y’all, that I was broken. That’s why I wrote this album. I didn’t think I had a chance, y’all. There was days that I thought the darkest things. I was a horrible human.”
Holding up a pocket-sized Bible, he continued, “There was a moment in my life that all I had was a Bible this big and a radio the same size and a 6-by-8-foot cell. And I believe that those two things could change my life. I believe that music had the power to change my life. And God had the power to change my life.”
“I want to tell y’all right now, Jesus is for everybody,” he added. “Jesus is not owned by one political party. Jesus is not owned by no music label. Jesus is Jesus, and anybody can have a relationship with Him. I love you, Lord.”