Jelly Roll says his daughter graduating from high school is breaking ‘generational curses’

NASHVILLE (WSMV/Gray News) - Country star Jelly Roll said his daughter is breaking ‘generational curses’ after she graduated high school.

The 41-year-old Grammy winner said in a social media post that his daughter, Bailee Ann, accomplished something very few people in his family have accomplished, including himself.

“You are not only a high school graduate,” he said. “You are soon to be a college student. When we talk about generational curses and breaking them, you literally are the epitome of that.”

In the post, Jelly Roll shared a memory:

“When you were about four years old, I was renting a house right behind my father’s house. And when I say right behind my father’s house, I mean you could literally walk from my back door to his back door. One day when we were talking there, you stopped all of a sudden and said, ‘Dad, how are we gonna get across the river?’

I was confused at first and I looked back at you and in that moment I could see the wide eyes of a little girl who is living in her beautiful imagination.

I immediately said, ‘The river is gonna be a problem, cause it probably has alligators in it, but I’m more worried about those tigers on the other side.’

You told me in that moment the bears were gonna be the real problem. It took us almost two hours to walk less than 20 years. We wrestled imaginary alligators, we ran from hyenas, we fist fought bears, we swam in the river…Little did I know in that moment your imagination was opening mine and that you were fixing to be the biggest impact on my life and the biggest part of my journey ever.”

Jelly Roll said he can’t wait to post about how proud he is of her graduating college, posting pictures from her wedding and to see the woman she ends up becoming.