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, who is only one year older.
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.
