He also drew laughs: “It’s my first legal weed business,” he said.īackstage, he talked up his affection for the locally grown stuff. A vocal marijuana advocate, he told the crowd of his distaste for major pharmaceutical firms and his dismay at heroin and fentanyl overdoses. Of course, the evening's other mission wasn’t overlooked: Bad Apple, Jelly Roll's new cannabis line, took center stage as he fired up a long spliff. Fans in Walled Lake heard the rousing opening track, “Halfway to Hell,” followed by the warm, midtempo “Church” and the gritty, propulsive “The Lost,” which has the smell of a hit. “Whitsitt Chapel,” out June 2, is a conceptual album inspired by Jelly Roll’s childhood church in rural Tennessee. “Once he got past his first album, he just opened up the super-emotional side of him, and I think it changed the game for everybody.” “I think his music has always been cathartic because even when he was in his addiction, he was constantly crying for help out of it when you listen back to those records,” he said. He agreed there are parallels in his work to Eminem’s post-recovery songs like “Not Afraid,” with their open-book lyrics of personal struggle and triumph. “Plus, being a white-trash kid, you can’t help supporting another white-trash kid,” he added with a laugh. So he’s always been a big pivotal thing on what we’ve done. “He was early to infuse rap and rock, and I remember early (on) thinking you could mix genres based solely on what Marshall (Mathers) did. He inspired kids like me,” Jelly Roll told the Detroit Free Press. “This is lightning striking for Walled Lake,” said Greenhouse operator Jerry Millen.įriday in metro Detroit, he knew he was near the stomping grounds of a personal musical hero and influence, Eminem, who emerged from similar tough family circumstances to find his own redemptive arc. summer tour that will include a sold-out Pine Knob show in August. The outdoor listening party was like a grassroots detour amid Jelly Roll's sudden, dizzying rise to the stratosphere of private jets and limos: After years in the trenches, he has become the toast of country music in 2023, earning three CMT Music Awards, setting chart records and performing on the “American Idol” finale as he prepares a much-awaited U.S. The rapper-turned-country singer was the man of the moment Friday at Greenhouse of Walled Lake, a vanguard marijuana dispensary that welcomed the skyrocketing star for a night of music, good vibes and the launch of his Bad Apple cannabis brand. Watch Video: Jelly Roll gushes about Eminem influence during metro Detroit visitįew albums are more anticipated right now than Jelly Roll’s “Whitsitt Chapel.” And in the heart of Walled Lake on Friday, about 1,000 fans were the first to get a taste.
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