AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Jelly Roll films 'Hands Up' video inside San Quentin with incarcerated musicians
Grammy-nominated country artist Jelly Roll debuted a new music video Friday for his song "Hands Up," filmed entirely inside San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in San Francisco, a setting that carries personal weight for a singer who spent time behind bars himself before breaking into mainstream music. The video, released on YouTube, shows the artist born […] The post Jelly Roll films 'Hands Up' video inside San Quentin with incarcerated musicians appeared first on American Almanac .
Grammy-nominated country artist Jelly Roll debuted a new music video Friday for his song "Hands Up," filmed entirely inside San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in San Francisco, a setting that carries personal weight for a singer who spent time behind bars himself before breaking into mainstream music. The video, released on YouTube, shows the artist born Jason DeFord arriving at the prison, reciting a prayer in voiceover, and performing alongside incarcerated men who serve as his backing band. In footage described by Good Morning America , Jelly Roll greets inmates in the prison canteen, shakes hands, and joins them as they hold instruments, a visual that lands differently when the man on camera has worn the same kind of uniform. Jelly…Open