A native of Alabama, Yelawolf rose the ranks on the mixtape scene and soon generated major interest. Many record executives were scouting the rising Alabama emcee. Eventually, Eminem won out and he quickly signed Yelawolf to Shady Records.
Yelawolf emerged as one of the hip hop industry’s biggest star over the past few years. However, Yelawolf managed to still appeal to the nature of Alabama, the redneck side. With that, Yelawolf respects the rap game, the N-word, and the culture, but he loves his own culture.
In the wake of the protests of the Confederate Flag following the church shooting in South Carolina, Yelawolf joined the protest. There are two forces at work, one force that wants to remove the Confederate Flag and another that wants to keep it. Count Yelawolf as one of the ones who wants to keep it, following his Instagram rant.
Source: XXL
