Rapper Jelly Roll has returned to his previous alma mater, Tennessee’s Antioch Excessive College, to go to with college students following a tragic taking pictures incident that occurred on their grounds final month.
The incident befell on Jan. 22 when a 17-year-old scholar opened fireplace inside the varsity’s cafeteria simply after 11am. The taking pictures resulted within the deaths of a 16-year-old scholar and the perpetrator, whereas one other two college students had been injured.
Over a month on from the tragedy, one of many college’s most well-known graduates has returned to their previous hallways, with Jelly Roll (also referred to as Jason DeFord) assembly with college students on Tuesday (Feb. 25). In accordance with a publish from Metro Nashville Public Colleges on Instagram, Jelly Roll visited to speak to college students and workers in regards to the tragedy. Full particulars of what was mentioned haven’t been made obtainable to the general public.
“Thanks, Jelly Roll, for reaching out to the Antioch neighborhood and providing some consolation throughout a tough time,” the publish concluded. “We respect your assist!”
Jelly Roll is likely one of the most outstanding college students to have attended the varsity, which is situated 12 miles southeast of Downtown Nashville. Alongside former sportsmen and former North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis, the one different notable entertainer to have walked the halls of Antioch Excessive College is Yelawolf.
The transient return to his old skool isn’t the primary time that Jelly Roll has been there once more lately. In Might 2024, Jelly Roll visited Antioch Excessive College as a part of the Save the Music Basis, talking to the category of music tech instructor Robert “Rock” Kennedy, and providing college students suggestions on their very own compositions. Moreover, the singer spoke with former lecturers, and each addressed and carried out for present college students as a part of an meeting.
Jelly Roll himself has asserted himself as an enormous success story lately, discovering widespread fame along with his ninth album, 2023’s Whitsitt Chapel (itself named after a chapel in Antioch he beforehand attended), which hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200.
His follow-up, 2024’s Superbly Damaged, gave him his first look atop the primary chart and arrived following his debut Grammy nominations, which noticed him within the operating for greatest new artist and greatest nation duo/group efficiency for his “Save Me” collab with Lainey Wilson.
