Jelly Roll got emotional during the acceptance speech after winning his first ACM award for Save Me.
On Thursday, the musician bagged the Best Music Event award for his collaboration with Lainey Wilson.
As reported by ET, Jelly said, “I was so emotional because it saved me.. ‘Save Me' was really the beginning of me finding my real voice and it was kind of me stepping out of my shell and being comfortable and just being open and vulnerable."
He continued, "I always wrote vulnerable music but never to that degree and it just changed my whole life. You've got to remember, I dropped 'Save Me' in the middle of 2020, it was a really dark time, and people connected with it and I get thousands of messages about how much that song has helped people.”
The American rapper also got candid about the importance of the song and how much it “means” to him.
“This song meant so much to me and I was so emotional because I think tonight was the last night it qualified for any cycle. So if I didn't win tonight, it never got what I thought it deserved," he concluded.
Jelly was nominated for four nominations at the 2024 ACM Awards, including the Entertainer of the Year and Male Artist of the Year categories.
