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Where I'm from is like 'Hustle Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music.
Yelawolf
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Yelawolf
Age: 44
Born: 1979
Born: December 30
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Michael Wayne Atha
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Michael Atha
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There's no real outlet for making Hip-Hop in Alabama. You need to travel to get heard. You really need to be working though. You need to be going at it every day and getting yourself seen, getting yourself out there on the road, doing shows, making music. It's all about being on your grind.
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I equally love both, classic rock and hip-hop. I love all music, really, and I really use classic rock a lot. I'm heavily influenced by that melodically in my music. I can't really separate the two.
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It's hard being a white rapper sometimes! When that happens you just need to battle through.
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I don't sit under the tattoo gun unless I'm sold on it completely and it will define me as a person.
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People are not really that forgiving when they pay for tickets to come see you and you don't show up.
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I'm never in the mood to eat or drink when I get to a show. I'm just too nerved out.
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Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them.
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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.
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For real, some of my favorite music is Mexican. It's something about the bassline and the drumming. I can't even speak Spanish, but that's probably why I like it so much.
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Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was, and it was so punk rock.
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I'm from the South, and there's a different understanding of how to chop. There's a syllable play. It's a delicate art. Your accent has a lot to do with it. If you're from a certain area, words don't roll of your tongue as slick.
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Sometimes I want to party, sometimes I want to fight and sometimes I want to cry.
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Skateboarding is a part of Hip-Hop culture. I think it's the fifth element of Hip-Hop - emceeing, deejaying, b-boying, graffiti, and skateboarding. Skateboarders live and die on the streets. It's expression - it's everything that Hip-Hop is.
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The way I perceive an album to sound and the way I put out mixtapes are two different energies. There's a different focus there's a different sound.
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Melody always comes to me first before words - cadence and melody. When you're humming the melody and it's incredible and words start coming out it can build into something special.
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Fans are all I care about - to be honest. If they stop coming to the shows, then I will get worried.
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My grandmother, grandfather, my mom - we've always been driven by laughter. It's what held us together. Thanksgivings, any kind of family get-together, we usually end up in tears.
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I don't go to clubs and throw money and pop bottles. That's not my thing, no disrespect.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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I definitely prefer intimate crowds. I mean, those are always the best shows, like, a small venue. Packed to the gills. Hot, sweaty. Those are always the fun shows.
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