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Michael Wayne Atha (born December 30, 1979), better known by his stage name Yelawolf, is an American rapper. He is currently signed to Eminem's Shady Records label.
Biography
Atha was born in Gadsden, Alabama, and is of Caucasian and Cherokee descent. [5] He competed on the 2005 reality series The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott. In a December 2010 interview with Canadian music website Exclaim!, he stated that his inspiration to break into hip-hop was OutKast's André 3000.[5]
Career
Yelawolf signed to Columbia Records in 2007, but was released from the label the same year.[1] In 2010, he made a guest appearance on Bizarre's Friday Night at St. Andrews, as well as albums by Big Boi, Paul Wall, and Juelz Santana. His mixtape, Trunk Muzik 0-60, was his first project with a major label, and was released on November 22, 2010 under Ghet-O-Vision Entertainment and Interscope Records.[6][7]
Yelawolf was featured on the cover of XXL's March 2011 issue, alongside Eminem and fellow new Shady Records signings Slaughterhouse.[2] His first studio album, Radioactive, is scheduled for release this summer.[8]
Yelawolf was featured among XXL's Freshman Class of 2011, releasing several songs on the magazine's yearly mixtape.
Discography
- Albums
- 2011: Radioactive
- EPs
- 2008: Arena Rap
- Mixtapes
- 2008: Ball of Flames: The Ballad of Slick Rick E. Bobby
- 2008: Stereo
- 2010: Trunk Muzik
- 2010: Trunk Muzik 0-60
- 2011: Country Cousins (with Big K.R.I.T.)
- Solo singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S.[9] | U.S. R&B[9] | U.S. Rap[9] | |||
| 2010 | "Pop the Trunk" | — | — | — | Trunk Muzik 0-60 |
| "I Just Wanna Party" (feat. Gucci Mane) |
— | — | — | ||
- Guest appearances
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | U.S. R&B | U.S. Rap | |||
| 2009 | "Rocketman" (Prof & St. Paul Slim feat. Yelawolf) |
— | — | — | Recession Music[10] |
| "I Run" (Slim Thug feat. Yelawolf) |
— | 49 | 20 | Boss of all Bosses | |
| "Mixin' Up the Medicine" (Juelz Santana feat. Yelawolf) |
— | — | — | Born to Lose, Built to Win | |
| 2010 | "Down this Road" (Bizarre feat. Yelawolf) |
— | — | — | Friday Night at St. Andrews |
| "You Ain't No DJ" (Big Boi feat. Yelawolf) |
— | — | — | Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty | |
| "Live It" (Paul Wall feat. Jay Electronica, Raekwon and Yelawolf) |
— | — | — | Heart of a Champion | |
| 2011 | "Worldwide Choppers" (Tech N9ne feat. Twista, Busta Rhymes and Yelawolf)[11] |
— | — | — | All 6s and 7s |
| "Let’s Go" (Travis Barker feat. Lil Jon, Busta Rhymes, Twista and Yelawolf) |
— | — | — | Give the Drummer Some | |
| "2.0 Boys" (Eminem feat. Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf) |
— | — | — | TBA | |
| "Rough" (Game feat. Yelawolf) |
— | — | — | The R.E.D. Album | |
References
- ^ a b "Yelawolf - Biography". Yelawolf.com. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ^ a b "Eminem Covers XXL; Signs Slaughterhouse & Yelawolf". Rap Radar. January 12, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
- ^ "ReverbNation - Ghet-O-Vision Entertainment". Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ^ "YelaWolf And Ghet-O-Vision Team Up With Interscope Records". HoneyMag.com. April 2, 2010. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ^ a b Fox, Luke (December 2010). "Yelawolf". Exclaim!. Retrieved February 2011.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Yelawolf On Meeting Eminem". Rap Radar. July 2, 2010. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
- ^ "Yelawolf Shares Meeting with Eminem". Rap-Up.com. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cWo-WDf0Nw
- ^ a b c "Yelawolf > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". allmusic. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
- ^ http://stophouse.bandcamp.com/album/recession-music
- ^ "In The Studio: Tech N9ne & Yelawolf Work On 'Worldwide Choppers'". hiphop-n-more.com. February 3, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2011.