Struggle Jennings was destined to be an Outlaw. Contrary to what you’d expect of the grandson of country icons Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, he spent his formative years in the West Nashville neighborhood now known as the Nations street life, the man of the house after losing his father to a senseless act of violence. From hopping on the tour bus with his grandparents, to back home in the Nations with his mother, he developed a love for both the gangster rap of the ’80s and ’90s that he heard in the streets and the outlaw country that runs in his veins. Genres that are seemingly worlds apart, yet stem from the same place once you scratch the surface. These days Struggle is back to his roots in country music, but as he says in his song, “Twisted,” (off his new album El Camino), “might’ve changed my ways but I never switched up…” He’s staying true to who he is and stepping into the next chapter.