A Tennessee parole board recommended a pardon for country music star Jelly Roll this week. Following a clemency hearing for the singer -- whose real name is Jason DeFord -- in Nashville on Tuesday, the Tennessee Board of Parole recommended that his criminal record, including a past conviction of robbery, be cleared.

The Tennessee Board of Parole is recommending a pardon for Grammy-nominated country star Jelly Roll on Tuesday, a decision that will be up to the state’s Republican Governor Bill Lee, according to the Associated Press.

But today was special for me, regardless," the singer said.The Tennessee Board of Parole has recommended a pardon for award-winning country singer Jelly Roll, the AP reports. The board, which has been considering the "Wild Ones" singer’s application since last October,