YelaWolf is tagged as: rap, dirty south, hip-hop, southern rap, alabama
Born Michael Wayne Atha to a single mother in Gadsden, Alabama - YelaWolf would find the word “home” used loosely over pretty much his entire pre-adolescent and teenage years. Holding down residence in Baton Rouge, Franklin, TN, Nashville, Atlanta and hometown Gadsden of course would be expected for a military brat, but he wasn’t. In fairness… some good came out of his nomadic upbringing because the love for Hip-Hop grew while living in Antioch, TN starting around 93’. The suburban neighbor on the outskirts on Nashville ushered a young YelaWolf a wide view to street life and an appreciation to Hip-Hop courtesy of artists like Snoop Dogg, Three 6 Mafia, N.W.A., IceCube, Souls of Mischief, Digable Planets, UGK, Skinny Pimp, Nappyhead and Goldteeth along with local artists like Southside Hustler and Haystack. “Antioch is where Hip-Hop really became real to me, that’s where I started writing raps. It was like… I already knew about Hip-Hop, but I really didn’t jump head in first until I moved there.” There’s no denying that living in Music City and its following neighborhoods helped give him his creative spirit. “I actually got suspended for my first rap there too. I was going to this school called Carter Lawrence in downtown Nashville. “I started writing thi...
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