Between tour dates and recording sessions for Yelawolf‘s upcoming album Radioactive, CCS Blog managed to caught up with him to chat about his skateboarding past and musical future.
The Alabama native, who has made it known that skateboarding was his first passion, still recalls the point where he chose to give it up. “In 2000 I kept getting hurt, and was no longer motivated to throw myself down shit,” he said. “I became a ledge skater, flatground…cruising fun shit only.”
The switch hasn’t been too painful though, especially since Yela thinks that music and skateboarding bear similarities to each other. “It’s amazing, they’re one in the same,” he continued. “The work it takes to make it is all independent. That’s a really big question–but yes, they mirror each other for me.”
He also talked about the immediate musical connection he shared with Travis Barker, after the two were introduced by Rob Dyrdek. “It made all the sense in the world. We kicked it, talked some shit and did a record just like that,” he said. “And we started just tossing back and forth ideas after that over the phone or email. Next thing you know, we had like four records in the works and two features out together.”
Yelawolf’s Shady Records debut Radioactive is current scheduled for release in September.
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Yela!!!
Look at this white trash. Yelawolf is garbage. Worst rapper commin out the South. No wonder he sign with them lame Detroit niggas. Those crackers gotta stay together right? LOL Fuck this emo lame. Eminem can go cut himself too.
All that racism and you’d be the first one to cry like a baby if someone did it to you
go choke on lil waynes dick you cocksucker
cike
sike
Yela gonna make the haters mad come september
rob dyrdek is the biggest sellout in skateboarding history, far beyond tony hawk
Stfu dude you don’t know shit, stupid fuck, get outa here with that.
@Jason
I wrote an article about this. Skaters come out with a sponsor me video to send to companies, musicians make demos. Once you’re sponsored or signed they put you on tour across the world. Your video part comes out and it gets critiqued just like an album. Hip hop is a sport and art just like skating. And also skaters and musicians can both do their thing on drugs. The article is pretty long
you can say the same thing about skateboarding and pornography,
Great article,
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I also enjoy riding my music and listening to my skateboard.