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Inner City Social Work honour roll students Deandra Courchene and Briana Knott receive promise from Jelly Roll to pay off student loans.

Signs made by Deandra Courchene noticed by Jelly Roll at concert, promises to pay off student loans

CTV Winnipeg: ‘Still in disbelief’: Jelly Roll offers to pay student loans for Manitoba university students

Inner City Social Work honour roll students Deandra Courchene and Briana Knott receive promise from Jelly Roll to pay off their student loans.

Two University of Manitoba students are getting a little extra help in achieving their educational goals, all thanks to Jelly Roll. The popular country singer, best known for his songs “Son of a Sinner” and “Need A Favor,” performed a concert in Winnipeg Monday night. Deandra Courchene and Briana Knott were on the floor holding signs, asking him to help them pay their student loans. The pair is studying social work at the University of Manitoba. A video posted by Courchene online shows Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason DeFord, pausing the show and having the house lights turned on to address her and Knott. “I’ll tell you what - you don’t got any student loans no more. I’m going to pay them off,” he said to cheers from the audience. “I’m kind of still in disbelief on what happened,” said Courchene. “I woke up this morning and thought it was just a dream.”

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