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Popular rapper-turned-country singer Jelly Roll, who has made recovery from drug addiction part of his public persona, testified in a Senate hearing Thursday about the lethal dangers of the synthetic opioid fentanyl.

Jelly Roll testified during Thursday's Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, advocating for stronger legislation to address the ongoing fentanyl crisis in the United States.

During an impassioned speech in Washington, D.C., Jelly opened up about his past as a drug dealer and the pain of addiction he's witnessed firsthand.

During an impassioned speech in Washington, D.C., Jelly opened up about his past as a drug dealer and the pain of addiction he's witnessed firsthand.

During an impassioned speech in Washington, D.C., Jelly opened up about his past as a drug dealer and the pain of addiction he's witnessed firsthand.

He opened up about his past as a drug dealer and the pain of addiction he's witnessed firsthand.

During an impassioned speech in Washington, D.C., Jelly opened up about his past as a drug dealer and the pain of addiction he's witnessed firsthand.

Jelly Roll addressed the Senate Banking Committee at a hearing on “stopping the flow of fentanyl.”

Artist and philanthropist Jason "Jelly Roll" DeFord delivered a powerful testimony in support of U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown's (D-OH) bipartisan Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act at a January 11 Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing.

Senators thanked the Grammy-nominated artist for his appearance before the committee.