Jelly Roll vows to blow the lid off the ‘slimy’ music industry: ‘Don’t worry guys’Jason Bradley Deford, known professionally as Jelly Roll, has electrified the music world with his message.
He recently posted a cryptic message on X (formerly known as Twitter) that read: All of this is smoke and mirrors. ”
“Everything Russ says is true!" he added.
For those who don’t know, Jelly Roll previously collaborated with rapper and songwriter Russ on a song called “Really Gone.”
Additionally, earlier this year, Russ took the internet by storm with his revelations about the music industry.
On Andrew Schulz’s podcast “Flagrant,” the New Jersey-born rapper accused major record labels and corporations of buying fake streams.
Criticizing the music industry, Russ quipped, “It turns out the whole industry…is run by two or three people.”
“You know this guy from Spotify, this guy from Apple, this guy from Rhythm Radio, this guy from Urban Radio… four people can do it all,” he shares. did.
The host asked, “How are they fooling us?” to which Russ responded, “Because you see crazy people? The album went to number one. But after that, we can’t fill the show, so the calculation doesn’t count.”
“This is the real deal. When I talk to these guys, this is the deal. Because I’ve talked to these guys and I’m like, ‘What is this? How is everyone doing it?’ They never reveal the mechanism of how they actually spoof the stream. ”
“But the reality is that labels are spending money…devil’s advocate, they treat it like a marketing expense, because in some ways it almost is,” Russ concluded.
