As Jelly Roll was opening for Post Malone at a concert in Philadelphia Saturday, May 24, a double rainbow materialized in the sky right as Jelly Roll was performing “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” originally by Brandon Lake. Pointing upward, Jelly Roll said, “You can’t tell me God ain’t here.”
“Ya’ll. Jelly Roll just FaceTimed me to tell me that a double rainbow broke out while he was leading ‘Hard Fought Hallelujah,’” said Brandon Lake in a Facebook reel. “Check this out.”
Lake then stitched a clip of Jelly Roll performing and pointing to the rainbow, telling the crowd, “Look at that. You can’t tell me God ain’t here. Look at that rainbow, baby.”
Jelly Roll: ‘God Is Good’
Brandon Lake is a worship leader and Christian artist who has won five Grammy Awards and received 12 Grammy nominations, as well as winning multiple Billboard Music Awards and GMA Dove Awards. Known for his hit single, “Gratitude,” Lake released “Hard Fought Hallelujah” in November. The single debuted at No. 51 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart, making it Lake’s first single to make the Hot 100. It was also his sixth single to top the Hot Christian Songs chart.
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Billboard recently recognized Lake, along with Christian artist Forrest Frank, as being key to helping Christian music have a surge in popularity.
Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, is a four-time Grammy nominee who had been making music for years before rising to prominence over the past few years. In 2023, he won three CMT Music Awards and did the same again in 2024. He is known for singles including “Son of a Sinner” and “Need a Favor.”
Jelly Roll dealt drugs in the past and was incarcerated multiple times but has recently returned to his Christian faith. He and Lake collaborated on a new version of “Hard Fought Halleljuah,” released in February, which they have been performing in multiple arenas, including “American Idol.”
Jelly Roll has said that he is so passionate about “what God’s doing with that song right now” that “I just feel like to not do everything I can to get that song in front of as many people as it can possibly be heard by is the wrong thing to do right now, even if I have to sacrifice my own single.”
