Bunnie Xo, Jelly Roll and Bailee Ann. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
He may have had an uncontroversial start to fatherhood, but Jelly Roll has always prioritized his family.
The country singer welcomed his first child, daughter Bailee Ann, with ex-girlfriend Felicia in 2008. At the time, Jelly (real name Jason DeFord) was serving a prison sentence for a drug dealing conviction.
“A guard knocks on my cell door midafternoon during lockdown. He goes, ‘You had a kid today,’” he told Billboard in June 2023. “I’ve never had nothing in life that urged me in th...
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