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21 Jan 2024

Singer Jelly Roll wants to be ‘part of solution’ to US fentanyl crisis

Washington Correspondent

As a former drug dealer and addict – the country music star Jelly Roll now wants to be “part of the solution” to America’s fentanyl crisis.

The Grammy award nominee – whose real name is Jason DeFord – has testified at the US Senate about his experience –  urging them to pass an anti-fentanyl bill, and declaring “I’ve attended more funerals than I care to share with you all”.