There aren’t a lot of white guys from trailer parks who can rhyme making a name for themselves in the rap game. After Eminem inked Yelawolf to Shady Records, the Interscope label has the majority. Yelawolf told RapFix Live about his first encounter with Em who kept it casual, “He said, ‘What’s up? I’m Marshall.’ ”
While the two emcees have a lot in common, drinking is no longer one of them with Slim’s sobriety.
“I’m a drinker; I drink a lot,” he explained. “My management was concerned about some advice he could give me about slowing down so I don’t get caught up in that life. He told me if it gets to the point where you need a drink before you go onstage, like you require that to function, is when you need to check yourself. And honestly, that’s where I was at that point. And I’ve changed. I don’t drink before I perform anymore.”
Yela says being relatively sober at shows has given him a confidence boost, which also helped when he played Em his album.
“I’m super excited about the music and fully confident that it’s jamming,” he said. “I was a little nervous, but after we broke the ice and really chopped it up, he seemed excited about it. So that makes me twice as excited now.”
Dear Wolf, please leave the drinks and drugs alone. Live through everything that is great around you.
a buzzkillington here fellas, ya see
catfish billy is nice .. i say let him get as fucked up as he wants before a performance if thats what he likes… as long he doesnt butcher 1 of his songs lol .. shady takeover initiated.
dude nice i still got to get that album
I saw Yela live in the ATL, late last year, and he needs to pre-game for shows every night like he did that night because he absolutly murdered that shit. He opened for Wiz and had the crowd bout damn exhausted by the time Wiz hit the stage.
There’s an ad for Belvedere right next to the anti drinking comments….
i wish i got justin bieber selling acne products
the alkaholiks have been performing drunk for years and not only does it make the show more interesting, it fuckin makes the crowd go insane! fuck old yeller wolf
love tha liks man. classic group. we came to party-BOTTOMS UP
i suppose em 100% in everything he does hes the greatest to ever do it but other then 50 he has a bad eye for talent i havent heard much from yelawolf but what i have heard isnt really anything worth buying but hey to each his own
Bad eye for talent other than 50?
Obie Trice?
Slaughterhouse?
D12…
I agree…. and trunk muzik was one of the top mixtapes of last year. Although… Cashis is garbage.
ur a troll, he is winning, duh – dl his mixtape trunk music
some of his songs r a bit dodgy but trunk music is good as fuk dunno bout the drinkin biz if i was in that position i’d b drinkin more top shelf booze gettin fuk’d up lol and u black people r racist as fuk just cause he’s a white rapper u startin hatin like a bitch questioning eminem get a life who u…..
im confused i don’t see any black ppl hating on him. stop trying to cause problems this guy is dope.
bullshit u know u do u were probally on that i don’t love em so they can’t love me tip rubabyebye
so being white from a trailer park/is like being black from the projects….how fukin gay….