United Kingdom, Jan. 6 -- Jelly Roll lied to his daughter about his face tattoos.

The 41-year-old rapper - who has Bailee Ann, 17, and Noah, nine, with wife Bunnie XO - revealed his eldest girl and her pals used to ask about the inkings on his face so he told the youngsters he had drawn the images on.

In an interview with Taste of Country, Jelly - whose real name is Jason DeFord - said: "When she was in kindergarten it was so funny because all of her little friends would go, 'What is all that stuff on your face?'

"I would go, 'You won't believe this, I only draw this on when I come see y'all so y'all are excited about it.'

"Finally, they were like, 'How do you draw it on the same way every time?' I said, 'I got the little sticker thin...