# Struggle Jennings

William Curtis Harness Jr. (born May 31, 1980), professionally known as Struggle Jennings, is an American rapper from Nashville, Tennessee. Jennings was one of the original members of Yelawolf's Slumerican label roster along with Bubba Sparxxx.

## Career

Harness was born to William Harness Sr and Jennifer Eddy, the daughter of Duane Eddy and Jessi Colter. Harness Sr. was murdered in 1990. Harness Jr. spent much of his childhood in the company of his grandmother's second husband, Waylon Jennings, whose surname he took as his stage name. His uncle is country rock singer Shooter Jennings.
Harness started his music career around 2002. He began by selling mixtapes out of his car and on the streets. It is unknown how many mixtapes Harness released in his career, but his oldest known mixtape is Strugglin' Til We Make It, which he released with Wyteboy Slim in 2003. In 2005, Harness appeared on Jelly Roll's mixtape The Halfway House. Harness also released his mixtape Tryin 2 Eat in 2005 and his mixtape Soundtrack To An Indictment in 2009.
Harness was incarcerated on drug-related charges in 2011. In 2013, Harness appeared on Yelawolf's mixtape Wyte Dawg and released his nine-track album I Am Struggle. After being released from prison in 2016, Harness released Return of the Outlaw EP via Slumerican. From 2017 to 2018, he collaborated with longtime friend and rapper JellyRoll on a trilogy of Waylon & Willie albums, the title of which pays homage to Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. Struggle and his mother, Jenni Eddy Jennings, created their Spiritual Warfare EP towards the end of 2018. On January 15, 2019, Struggle and his oldest daughter, singer Brianna Harness, released a collaborative EP entitled Sunny Days which snagged the #3 spot on Billboard Blues Albums charts. In February 2019, he also released his first solo studio album since 2011 via his own label called "Angels & Outlaws" formed that same year.
The LP titled The Widow's Son included guest appearances by Bubba Sparxxx, Jeremy Penick, Julie Roberts, Alexander King and Yelawolf.
On November 15, 2019, Jennings released the full-length album entitled Angels & Outlaws featuring 11 tracks in collaboration with his guitarist Trap DeVille and his daughter and music newcomer, Brianna Harness. The album peaked at #8 on iTunes Alternative charts.
In June 2020, Jennings teamed up with Adam Calhoun for the EP "Legends" and in December 2020, fans were surprised by the long anticipated release of "Waylon & Willie IV", the fourth record in the collaboration series between Struggle and his fellow Nashville native, Jelly Roll. On April 9, 2021, Jennings released a solo LP entitled "Troubadour of Troubled Souls" and on April 30, 2021, he released a second collaboration LP with Illinois rapper Adam Calhoun, entitled "Outlaw Shit" which gained notoriety through iTunes Rap Charts by claiming the #1 spot on release day. In 2021, Jennings can be found touring and working with artists Brianna Harness and Caitlynne Curtis to advance their independent careers via his label "Angels & Outlaws" based in Nashville.
In September 2021, Jennings and heavy metal vocalist Tommy Vext announced a co-headlining tour "The God Bless the Outlaws" across the United States.
In 2022, Jennings collaborated with independent rapper Tom MacDonald and Nova Rockafeller for a feature on "In God We Trust", off of Tom Macdonald's "The Brave" album.
In "One for the Road", Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May's last episode of The Grand Tour released in 2024, "Monte Carlo" plays as Clarkson drives a Lancia Montecarlo.

## Discography
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions :
| Title | Studio album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Studio album details | US Indie | US Heat. |
| I Am Struggle | Release date: May 17, 2013 Label: Massbaum Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — |
| Waylon & Willie (with JellyRoll) | Release date: November 3, 2017 Label: Jelly Roll Format: Digital download, streaming | 28 | 4 |
| Waylon & Willie II (with JellyRoll) | Release date: April 23, 2018 Label: Jelly Roll Format: Digital download, streaming | 17 | 6 |
| Waylon & Willie III (with JellyRoll) | Release date: November 16, 2018 Label: Jelly Roll Format: Digital download, streaming | 25 | 4 |
| The Widow's Son | Release date: February 15, 2019 Label: Angels & Outlaws Format: Digital download, streaming | 43 | 20 |
| Legend (with Adam Calhoun) | Release date: June 9, 2020 Label: ACal, Angels & Outlaws Format: Digital download, streaming | — | 18 |
| Waylon & Willie IV (with JellyRoll) | Release date: December 16, 2020 Label: Jelly Roll, Struggle Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — |
| Troubadour of Troubled Souls | Release date: April 9, 2021 Label: Angels & Outlaws Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — |
| Outlaw Shxt (with Adam Calhoun) | Release date: April 30, 2021 Label: ACal, Angels & Outlaws Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — |
| Monte Carlo | Release date: May 26, 2023 Label: Angels & Outlaws Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — |
| El Camino | Release date: May 31, 2024 Label: Angels & Outlaws Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||

### Mixtapes

List of mixtapes, with selected details :
| Title | Mixtape details |
| Strugglin' Til We Make It (with Wyteboy Slim) | Released: 2003 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streaming |
| Tryin 2 Eat (as Young Struggle) | Released: 2006 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streaming |
| Soundtrack To An Indictment | Released: 2009 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streaming |

### Extended plays

List of EPs, with selected details :
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | EP details | US Blues | US Heat. |
| Return of the Outlaw | Release date: November 11, 2016 Label: Slumerican Format: Digital download, streaming | — | 18 |
| Spiritual Warfare (with Jenni Eddy Jennings) | Release date: December 21, 2018 Label: Angels & Outlaws Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — |
| Sunny Days (with Brianna Harness) | Release date: January 18, 2019 Label: Angels & Outlaws Format: Digital download, streaming | 3 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||

### Certified songs

List of certified song, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Certification | Album |
| "Fall In The Fall" (with Jelly Roll) | 2017 | RIAA: Gold | Waylon & Willie II |
| "God We Need You Now" (with Caitlynne Curtis) | 2020 | RIAA: Gold | Troubadour of Troubled Souls |

### Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
| "Far Froma Bitch" | 2013 | Yelawolf, Rittz, Big Hud | Wyte Dawg |
| "Hourglass" | 2016 | Ryan Upchurch | Heart of America |
| "Left Behind" | 2016 | Lil Wyte, JellyRoll | No Filter 2 |
| "Born in Fire" | 2017 | Boondox, Jamie Madrox, Bubba Sparxxx | The Murder |
| "Struggle Speaks" | 2017 | Yelawolf | Trial by Fire |
| "The Tennessean" | 2018 | Ryan Upchurch | Supernatural |
| "West Side" | 2019 | Ryan Upchurch | Parachute |
| "Staring at a Stranger" | 2020 | JellyRoll | A Beautiful Disaster |
| "Afraid of Me" | 2020 | JellyRoll | Self Medicated |
| "Forrest Bondurant" | 2020 | BRODNAX | Brodnax |
| "Alcohol & Weed" | 2021 | Riff Raff, Yelawolf | Turquoise Turnado |
| "Harvest" | 2021 | Yelawolf, DJ Muggs | Mile Zero |
| "Money" | 2021 | Yelawolf, JellyRoll | Mud Mouth |
| "In God We Trust" | 2022 | Tom MacDonald, Adam Calhoun, Nova Rockafeller | The Brave |
| "Behind Bars" | 2023 | JellyRoll, Brantley Gilbert | Whitsitt Chapel |
| "Me and My House" | 2023 | Brantley Gilbert, Demun Jones | Tattoos |