Eminem moves Jelly Roll to tears after sampling his song “Save Me”

Jelly Roll was featured on the new album of his “childhood hero” Eminem. The Death of Slim Shady (Coupe De Grâce).

In the last track of the album save me from myselfthe 51-year-old rap god, heavily sampled the country star’s 2020 song, save me.

In response to the collaboration, Jelly Roll, 39, reflected on what it meant to him on Instagram.

“I always say my childhood heroes lived somewhere between Willie Nelson and Eminem,” Jelly Roll, born Jason Bradley DeFord, began the long caption.

“As a teenager (and even today) I could sing every song on the slim Shady Album that Marshal Mathers Album and the Eminem Show,” he continued.

The Grammy winner also spoke about how Em was a shining example to him during the ups and downs of his childhood, including when he went to prison for the first time at age 14.

“I could identify with every word Eminem wrote. I understood him and felt like he understood me, which is rare because I’ve been misunderstood most of my life,” he explained.

Jelly Roll continued, “So you can imagine how I felt when I got the call that Eminem would be sampling my song ‘Save Me’ on his new album. And for him to use the song to discuss the other side of what could have happened if he had allowed his demons to win brought me to tears.”

Besides that save meJelly Roll and Eminem also collaborated on a live performance of Em’s song Sing for the moment At the Live from Detroit: The concert at Michigan Central earlier this year.