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Artist
Yelawolf
12+ albums
Hip-HoprapDirty Southsouthern rapAlabama
about
Who is Yelawolf? Well according to The Guardian, he is an artist unlike no other. He is not like anyone else and he isn't bound to the gilded cage of privilege inhabited by Jay-Z and Kanye West, instead he depicts everyday rural poverty with the evocative precision of a master storyteller. His style is unlike anything your average rap fan has ever seen, ranging from American gothic to gore, the "richness and invention of his language" and range of his vocal style "from beer-swilling rowdiness to a crawling, contemptuous sibilance". He has said that he feels he represents "not the ideal American" but those Americans that he calls the core: The Slums. Michael Wayne Atha (born December 30, 1979), primarily known by his stage name(s) Yelawolf, Catfish Billy, as well as for a short period of time, M.W.A., is a rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, producer, and quite the storied and well traveled individual. Initially signed to Shady Records, Ghet-O-Vision Entertainment and Interscope Records in 2010 after a run of mildly successful independent releases, since 2019 he now operates his own label as well as brand under the "Slumerican" name. Under Shady Records Yelawolf was co-managed by Redd Klay Entertainment along with his personal manager Jeremy "J Dot" Jones. Currently, Yelawolf is currently managed by Edward Crowe. Atha was born in Gadsden, Alabama, to a 15 year old mother and an absent father, and mostly raised in Antioch, Tennessee (but he lived in many places bes
