Jelly Roll thought he was being ‘joked’ when Eminem asked him for a surprise duet

Jelly Roll still had an uncomfortable moment even after his duet with Eminem in concert in Detroit.

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, the Grammy-nominated artist recalled his performance with Eminem at Live From Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central.

“When I think about the greatest moments of my career, right at the top, there must have been something that made me sing with Eminem in Detroit,” he declared. “I got to sing ‘Sing for the Moment’ with him, which was the record he sampled by Steven Tyler. I mean, it was such a great night and I got to go do that in Detroit. That’s unreal.”

Jelly Roll revealed that Eminem’s team contacted him about the performance. At first, he was still unsure about the whole thing because it sounded too good to be true.

“I put my hand out, and his team reached out and said, ‘Do you want to do this because he was there to do the secret tribute?’ I couldn’t believe it. I thought it was a joke until I met Eminem himself,” he recalls.

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At one point, Jelly Roll thought he was being “joked”.

“I even know Eminem’s manager. He’s my friend. He’s really nice to me. His name is Paul and I said, ‘Paul, stop playing.’ He said, ‘I swear.’ And as soon as I met Eminem, it was like the greatest moment ever, man,” he described the opportunity.

Recalling the feeling of performing on stage with one of his rap idols, Jelly Roll said he was “stunned” at the time and even felt like a “child”.

“You could see it in my performance. There was just the kid in me. I thought the cameras turned me off. So as soon as I finished singing, I was like, oh, I just left the car Roll this out. It’s really great,” he confirmed.

Unknown to many people, before becoming a mainstream country music artist, Jelly Roll was a rapper. He revealed that he was inspired by rappers such as Three 6 Mafia, UGK and 8BALL & MJG. Since then, he released 16 hip-hop albums until deciding to branch out into the country music genre in 2021.

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