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Jelly Roll offers to pay a fan’s tuition at the Nashville show

Jelly Roll offers to pay a fan’s tuition at the Nashville show

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A jellyroll A fan revealed that the singer offered to help pay her college tuition during his free show at the Skydeck in Nashville in mid-June, calling his gesture a “miracle.”

On June 17, Jelly Roll performed on the roof of the venue and promised the 18-year-old Joy Gadalla“We will help you get through school.”

Gadalla sat in the audience and held up a sign on her phone that said, “Please pay my tuition,” which Jelly Roll could see from the stage.

He pointed to Gadalla and said, “I will give you the opportunity to change your life on this day.”

In an interview with WKRNGadalla noted that she was “shocked” after Jelly Roll offered to help her with her college studies.

“I was crying, I was stressed, I took a moment to breathe and pray and I knew everything was going to be OK,” Gadalla said. “I knew God would take care of everything.”

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Gadalla revealed that Jelly Roll’s management has been in contact since that fateful day. Official details on how he can help her are currently unclear, but we will update this article when we learn more.

Gadalla is not the only one to receive life-changing support from the Need a favor Singer. Last June, Jelly Roll tipped a group of teenagers working at Whataburger $1,000.

Explain why he decided Alexandra Kay as the opening act, he said: “Because she does it independently, it was the only thing we (Jelly Roll and Mrs. Bunny XO) were totally OK with it,” he said. “We said, ‘Yo, her. Take the independent girl.'”

Recalling his time as an unsigned musician, Jelly Roll said, “Dude, I never accomplished much when I was independent.”

“My wife and I are talking about having a baby,” Jelly Roll said.

The sudden and unexpected news came in response to the singer’s comments about his aspirations for a healthier lifestyle. He continued, “…and I really realized at almost forty that that means I have to live until I’m sixty at least. I have to take this boy to college.”