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 voted unanimously to recommend a pardon for Jelly Roll after a nearly two-hour hearing held in Nashville. The board’s recommendation now goes to Governor Bill Lee, who said “there are steps yet to happen” before a final decision is made about the pardon.