Jelly Roll Returns to Antioch Top Faculty Following January Taking pictures

Rapper Jelly Roll has returned to his previous alma mater, Tennessee’s Antioch Top Faculty, to consult with with scholars following a sad capturing incident that befell on their grounds closing month.

The incident came about on Jan. 22 when a 17-year-old scholar opened hearth throughout the college’s cafeteria simply after 11am. The capturing resulted within the deaths of a 16-year-old scholar and the culprit, whilst any other two scholars have been injured.

Over a month on from the tragedy, one of the crucial college’s most famed graduates has returned to their previous hallways, with Jelly Roll (sometimes called Jason DeFord) assembly with scholars on Tuesday (Feb. 25). In line with a put up from Metro Nashville Public Faculties on Instagram, Jelly Roll visited to speak to scholars and team of workers in regards to the tragedy. Complete main points of what was once mentioned have no longer been made to be had to the general public.  

“Thanks, Jelly Roll, for achieving out to the Antioch group and providing some convenience all the way through a hard time,” the put up concluded. “We recognize your give a boost to!”

Jelly Roll is likely one of the maximum distinguished scholars to have attended the college, which is positioned 12 miles southeast of Downtown Nashville. Along former sportsmen and previous North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis, the one different notable entertainer to have walked the halls of Antioch Top Faculty is Yelawolf.

The transient go back to his oldschool isn’t the primary time that Jelly Roll has been there once more in recent times. In Might 2024, Jelly Roll visited Antioch Top Faculty as a part of the Save the Track Basis, chatting with the category of song tech instructor Robert “Rock” Kennedy, and providing scholars comments on their very own compositions. Moreover, the singer spoke with former lecturers, and each addressed and carried out for present scholars as a part of an meeting.

Jelly Roll himself has asserted himself as a large good fortune tale in recent times, discovering fashionable repute together with his 9th album, 2023’s Whitsitt Chapel (itself named after a chapel in Antioch he prior to now attended), which hit No. 3 at the Billboard 200.

His follow-up, 2024’s Fantastically Damaged, gave him his first look atop the principle chart and arrived following his debut Grammy nominations, which noticed him within the operating for best possible new artist and best possible nation duo/crew efficiency for his “Save Me” collab with Lainey Wilson.