Flavor Flav is standing up against negativity aimed at Jelly Roll.
Following revelations from Bunnie Xo, Jelly Roll's wife, about him leaving social media due to feeling bullied about his weight, Flav posted a video in his defense on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, April 24.
"How dare y’all try to judge my man about his weight and his character? Let me tell you something, this man is winning awards for his music," asserted the 65-year-old Public Enemy rapper. "This man’s music has been giving a lot of people hope that's stranded in the streets, locked up in jail, people that's on drugs, you know what I'm saying?"
Flav's message underscores the impact and significance of Jelly Roll's music, emphasizing that his worth extends far beyond superficial judgments.
Y’all gone and bullied one of THE NICEST people off social media ,,, so I felts the need to standup for my man JellyRoll. That man does so much for people and communities through his music and activism ,,, Luv me some @JellyRoll615 and Bunnie pic.twitter.com/IKHL1uYvA7
— FLAVOR FLAV (@FlavorFlav) April 24, 2024
"On a personal note, Jelly Roll is one of the nicest, I mean, one of the absolute nicest men on the planet that y'all would ever wanna know, and a lot of people would love to be like Jelly Roll," added Flav.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member continued, "All of y’all that's trying to judge my boy Jelly Roll, I think y’all need to take a step back and judge yourselves, 'cause y'all judging him is not gonna stop him from being successful."
Bunnie, 44, spoke about Jelly's decision to leave social media on a recent episode of her Dumb Blonde podcast.
"My husband got off the internet because he is so tired of being bullied about his weight, and that makes me want to cry, because he is the sweetest angel baby," she said in a clip shared to her TikTok account. "My husband doesn’t show it to you guys, but I’m going to have a very vulnerable moment here. It hurts him."
"The internet can say whatever the f--- they want about you and they say, ‘You’re a celebrity. You’re supposed to be able to handle it.’ No the f--- we’re not," Bunnie added. "Enough is enough."
"Don’t bully people, because you never know where they are mentally. There are a lot of people who are not as strong as me, that are on the internet, and they don’t deserve to f---in’ be bullied," she continued.
Jelly recently shared about his health journey, gearing up for the 2 Bears 5K with Bert Kreischer and Tom Segura at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on May 7.
"I'm probably down 70-something pounds," he revealed. "I've been really kicking ass, man. I'm doing two to three miles a day, four to six days a week. I'm doing 20 to 30 minutes in the sauna, six minutes in a cold plunge every day. I'm eating healthy right now."
The "Need a Favor" singer spoke proudly about his progress and expressed determination toward continuing the lifestyle shift. "I feel really good," said Jelly. "I was thinking, I plan on losing another 100, 100-and-something [pounds]. If I feel this good down this weight, man, I can only imagine what I'm going to feel like by the time I go on tour [this summer]."
The Quran - Chapter Al-Jathiyah : 17
We ˹also˺ gave them clear commandments regarding ˹their˺ faith. But it was not until knowledge came to them that they differed out of mutual envy. Surely your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Judgment regarding their differences.
These verses purport to confirm the risalah of the Final Messenger of Allah ﷺ . Under this subject-matter, the Prophet of Allah ﷺ is consoled for the persecution carried out by the enemies against him.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْضِي بَيْنَهُمْ ("...Surely your Lord will judge between them, on the Day of Judgment, in the matters in which they used to differ... 45:17) "
This far the verses confirm two points: This verse purports to say, firstly, that the Book of Musa (علیہ السلام) contains many clear prophecies about the advent of the Holy Prophet ﷺ and, secondly to comfort the Holy Prophet ﷺ that the Israelites rejected him not because there was any dearth of arguments, signs and Divine prophecies to support and establish his claim, but because of jealousy, love of the world and personal desires, that is, they did not like the very idea that the Final Messenger ﷺ should have appeared from among the non-Israelites . (Bayan-ul-Qur’ an).
