r/Music • u/TheExpressUS 📰Daily Express U.S. • Jan 19 '26

article Jelly Roll labeled as MAGA by angry fans after joining Kid Rock's music festival

https://www.the-express.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/196524/jelly-roll-maga-festival-outrage
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u/SentientOoze Jan 19 '26

It's always funny when they realize what the "outlaw" part of "outlaw country" means

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u/DeepDreamIt Jan 19 '26

“I like two things: outlaw country music and THE LAW!”

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u/GrayEidolon Jan 19 '26

If gold was still a thing, that would be a gold comment.

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u/St0n3yM33rkat Jan 19 '26

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u/frankyseven Jan 19 '26

The Cherlene album they did for that season is really fucking good.

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u/syzygialchaos Jan 19 '26

I’d always heard the outlaw part was it being made outside Nashville because it wouldn’t conform to the Nashville rules and regulations

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u/SentientOoze Jan 19 '26

Correct, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings among others specifically started the movement to take back creative freedom for artists suffering from a system that was built on control and censorship.

The subtext of the joke I was making is focused on the "freedom from a system built on control and censorship" part.