Two weeks after he had the time of his life at the 2024 Grammy Awards, Jelly Roll was absent on Sunday (Feb. 18) from the People's Choice Awards. In the process, he missed out on claiming hardware —the fan-voted Male Country Artist of the Year prize— in person.
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One day later, Jelly Roll posted a video on Twitter in which he explains his absence.
"I'm sorry I wasn't there. Here's the truth: I'm actually standing in the juvenile courthouse right now, I just walked out of the juvenile facility," he explained. "We partnered with the Beat of Life to bring a music program to the kids. This has been on my calendar for a long time. I promised these kids I was coming. I know whenever I was a kid in here I got let down a lot. I didn't want to be one of the people letting these kids down. I had to honor my word.
"I hate I wasn't there, but don't take me not being there as a sign of anything other than love and respect and me trying to do better for my community, baby," he continued. "Anyways, these kids wrote some big songs today, man. We're going to work something out where y'all can start hearing what we're working on in this juvenile, but the Jelly studio is running."
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