Country musician Jelly Roll will be performing for the inmates at Genesee County Jail on Dec. 5.

Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson announced the former felon's concert in Michigan on Thursday. Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason DeFord, 39, was jailed in Tennessee, but he will be on his Backroad Baptism tour from Nov. 20, 2023, to Aug. 8, 2024.

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DeFord was convicted of felony armed robbery as a teenager. The felon-turned-musician was attempting to steal some marijuana. He would go on to spend over five years in jail for his offense. DeFord would earn his GED while in prison.

“He’s the after picture. He was those guys. He’s now the after picture,” Swanson said of DeFord.

Swanson is the founder of Inmate Growth Naturally and Intentionally Through Education program, which began training inmates with job skills in 2020. The hope is that inmates are more readily able to find employment after their release.

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The Country Music Awards crowned DeFord as the new artist of the year Wednesday. It took place in DeFord's home state of Tennessee, where he has yet to have his record expunged. DeFord would later accidentally drop his award backstage, where the glass shattered.

Despite the fact that NBC News hosted the third Republican debate on the same night, the CMAs drew a larger crowd, with over 7.5 million viewers that night. Meanwhile the debate drew in fewer than 5 million viewers, according to Nielsen ratings.