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It's hard being a white rapper sometimes! When that happens you just need to battle through.
Yelawolf
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Yelawolf
Age: 44
Born: 1979
Born: December 30
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Gadsden
Alabama
Michael Wayne Atha
YelaWolf
Michael Atha
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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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This is hip-hop. If you've got something you want to rap about, just rap about it, man.
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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.
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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'm not ashamed of anything that I've done because when I did it, I was passionate about it and I was doing it for a reason.
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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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You learn how to be an individual quick after 15 schools, man. After the first five or six, you realize you're always gonna be the new kid.
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Most of my albums have a concept. They all have some kind of theme, some kind of feeling. I really take pride in that.
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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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1,2,3, I'm at the Chelsey Hotel, like, Sid and Nancy, with knife, and two grams of candy
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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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Hip-hop for me has always been hardcore and edgy.
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Entangled between a dream and a coma.
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How many ya'll parents smoke weed? My momma still grows illegal weed in Alabama.
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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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Everybody needs a release. Sometimes people mosh at my shows. That inspired me to make records to get the people more crunk. People need a release and I enjoy being an artist that can do that for people.
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You can usually tell when people aren't being authentic, but that goes for every artist, not just white artists.
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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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Anyone can relate to struggle, whether you're European or Asian. Anyone can relate to having to get up and go to work and eat.
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I can tell you that when you're willing to give your life up to see a dream through, the reward is great.
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