Yelawolf
Yelawolf
Michael Wayne Atha, better known as Yelawolf, is an American hip hop recording artist from Gadsden, Alabama. In his early years, Yelawolf released his first independent album Creek Water, which was released in 2005. During 2005 to 2010, he's been putting the releases of one extended play and four mixtapes. One extended play, titled Trunk Muzik, amassed a strong attention that would follow the rapper's signing a record deal to Interscope Records, which re-released the mixtape as Trunk Muzik 0-60...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth30 December 1979
CityGadsen, AL
CountryUnited States of America
Where I'm from is like 'Hustle & Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music.
Entangled between a dream and a coma.
Sometimes I want to party, sometimes I want to fight and sometimes I want to cry.
Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.
Where I'm from is like 'Hustle Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music.
I don't go to clubs and throw money and pop bottles. That's not my thing, no disrespect.
You don't want to get stuck with a record that you've done with someone that you feel obligated to put out - that's not really dope, just because you made an effort to get together and work.
I'm always gonna have the darker edgy music; it is always in my pocket because it comes so naturally to me.
My homies in Gadsden aren't as exposed as I am culturally, which is awesome - that's why I love going home. I'm in the kitchen with people who don't know anything but the simple life, what's important to them, and what's dope.
It's hard being a white rapper sometimes! When that happens you just need to battle through.
I do so much music that it's like a fog, and I can't even remember all of it.
I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.
Hip-hop for me has always been hardcore and edgy.
'Yela' represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. 'Wolf' speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music.