Jelly Roll says 16-year-old daughter is 'so much smarter' than he was at the age he was arrested

Jelly Roll is simply a arrogant miss dad.

In a caller interview, the state euphony prima opened up astir the adjacent enslaved helium shares with his 16-year-old daughter, Bailee, and explained wherefore she's "so overmuch smarter" than helium was astatine her age.

Recalling a caller speech helium had with his daughter, Jelly Roll told People magazine, "[I said], ‘I don’t justice you based connected what you do. I justice you based connected what I cognize you’re susceptible of. You’re truthful overmuch smarter than I was astatine 16. You’re truthful overmuch better, truthful overmuch much emotionally intelligent. You tin work a country truthful overmuch better. So don’t effort to speech your mode retired of getting successful trouble, Miss Sassy, by weaponizing my past.’"

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Jelly Roll said his 16-year-old daughter, Bailee, is "so overmuch smarter" than helium was astatine her age.  (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

The state prima said Bailee is "totally ahead" of wherever helium was astatine her age. 

"When I look astatine what she does that I see horrible, I look backmost astatine what I was doing astatine 16, and I’m like, ‘Oh man…’ When I’m hard connected her astir worldly oregon a small pushy, she knows it’s from love," helium said.

The "Save Me" vocalist has been unfastened astir his past ineligible troubles and conflict with addiction. 

During a 2023 interrogation with Billboard, Jelly Roll, whose afloat sanction is Jason Bradley DeFord, told the outlet that helium was arrested erstwhile helium was 16 and charged arsenic an big with aggravated robbery and possession with intent to sell. 

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He served implicit a twelvemonth successful situation and 7 years of probation.

Jelly Roll is besides dada to 8-year-old son, Noah.  (Jason Kempin)

"I ne'er privation to place the information that it was a heinous crime," Jelly Roll told Billboard. 

He continued,"This is simply a grown antheral looking backmost astatine a 16-year-old kid that made the worst determination that helium could person made successful beingness and radical could person got wounded and, by the grace of God, thankfully, cipher did."

Jelly Roll, who is besides dada to 8-year-old lad Noah, and woman Bunnie Xo person had afloat custody of Bailee since 2017.

"She’s a truly hammered down kid," helium told the People. "She’s been successful the aforesaid nationalist schoolhouse territory for 10 years and had the aforesaid friends since maine and Bunnie person had custody of her. I deliberation a batch of that has helped."

Jelly Roll antecedently opened up astir however the commencement of girl changed his life.  ( Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Nickelodeon)

In October, Jelly Roll opened up astir however the commencement of his girl was the catalyst for wanting to alteration his life. 

The state euphony prima decided to marque a alteration "as soon arsenic she was born" aft helium recovered himself "sitting successful a jailhouse cell, having $17 of honeybuns and murphy chips to [his] name."

"I ain 1 outfit, the 1 that was successful the jail, and present I americium liable for a child," Jelly Roll said during an quality connected "Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist." "I mean, I was the lowest communal denominator successful life, you know? I mean, I was scum of the Earth. I was a ace dealer. I was a horrible, horrible human. And I was like, 'I've got to fig this out.'"

Earlier this year, helium elaborate the infinitesimal helium recovered retired Bailee was calved from down bars and however it changed the trajectory of his life. 

"I was incarcerated arsenic a juvenile for immoderate horrible decisions and I ended up successful benignant of that rotating doorway of the strategy for similar a decade," helium told impermanent big Martin Short during an quality connected "Jimmy Kimmel Live" successful June. "I had a daughter, and it changed my full life, man. It was astir similar the Damascus Road acquisition wherever Saul turned to Paul for me."

The state prima was incarcerated arsenic a teen for assorted crimes.  (Mat Hayward/Getty Images for Jelly Roll)

"I was incarcerated, and they knocked connected my doorway and told maine she was born. And I conscionable wept. It's the archetypal clip I'd cried, and I can't discontinue crying now," Jelly Roll joked. "Now I outcry if I conscionable spot a squirrel successful the street. I'm like, ‘The small squirrel!’ Spent 30 years not crying, and present I can't stop."

During an interrogation with Fox News Digital past year, helium shared that his troubled past and his quality to flooded it had a lasting interaction connected him.

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"I wouldn't beryllium the antheral I americium contiguous if it wasn't for what I went through. I deliberation it empowered me. I deliberation it gave maine my voice," helium said astatine the 2023 CMAs. "It taught maine a batch astir overcoming. It taught maine a batch astir changing and the quality to change. 

He continued, "I was a horrible quality for decades, and to conscionable beryllium capable to crook that astir and springiness a connection successful the euphony and assistance people… and conscionable effort to springiness backmost arsenic overmuch arsenic I tin successful each mode I tin is precise indicative of wherever I came from and however important it is to maine to ever scope back."

Fox News Digital's Ashley Hume and Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this post.