Flavor Flav Defends Jelly Roll After The Country Star Steps Away From Social Media

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DETROIT, MICHIGAN - APRIL 24: Flavor Fla speaks on stage at the Jelly Roll concert at The Fillmore on April 24, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Scott Legato/Getty Images)

The unlikely alliance former after Jelly Roll faced bullying online.

It's been a strange few years for rapper turned country star Jelly Roll. In 2022 his song "Son Of A Sinner" broke him into the country music mainstream and it's been a parade of hits ever since. He scored a pair of absolute smashes with "Need A Favor" and the Lainey Wilson-featuring "Save Me." He also teamed up with Jessie Murph for yet another huge chart hit in the song "Wild Ones." That resulted in a myriad of bizarre friends and allies while included Public Enemy rapper Flavor Flav. But it hasn't been all love for the singer despite being praised quite a bit for an acceptance speech he delivered earlier this year.

The crossover superstar has also been subject to quite a bit of bullying, at least according to his wife. She has a podcast where she recently revealed that Jelly Roll was stepping away from social media. The reason behind the choice has to do with the constant bulling he faced over his weight. “My husband doesn’t show it to you guys, but I’m going to have a very vulnerable moment here. It hurts him," she says during a recent episode. The comments sparked yet another discussion about the way that celebrities interact with both their fans and haters on social media. But now Flavor Flav has weighed in on the situation, standing up for Jelly Roll in pretty certain terms. Check out what he had to say below.

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Flavor Flav Stands Up For Jelly Roll Against Bullies

Flav didn't hold anything back with his tweet. "Y’all gone and bullied one of THE NICEST people off social media ,,, so I felts the need to standup for my man JellyRoll. That man does so much for people and communities through his music and activism ,,, Luv me some @JellyRoll615 and Bunnie" his tweet reads. The post also featured a video where he expanded on the point even more.

What do you think of Flavor Flav standing up for Jelly Roll against bullies after he left social media? Do you think celebrities should change the way they interact with social media to avoid the more personal bullying from haters? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.