We're killin' it." The unlikely duo is currently doing press in support of their new group Sometimes Y, a full-on rock band primarily devoid of Yelawolf's "Pop The Trunk" rap style fans grew to love in 2010 . and our Its a studio album and Ive always treated my records like that. Debuting at #24 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 15,000. [15] On April 14, 2011, Yelawolf announced the title of his debut Shady release "Radioactive" with a release date that aimed for September. For more information, please see our Whose idea was it to use that part of the hook for the record? What happened next is one of the best three pronged rap exhibitions assembled in Yelawolf's fairly short career thus far. I kept getting hurt really bad. I called my mom like, "Buy me a plane ticket home for Christmas." $21.95 sometimes y dune ls . and our I came out to L.A. and met with him, and we went to his crib, and had a discussion about the angle, how serious everybody was, the way everybody wanted to go about doing this, and it just all made sense. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. We're cut from the same cloth. But I started smoking weed at like 10, 11 YelaWolf: I did mushrooms. I mean I still got flip tricks and grind tricks. In 2005, Yelawolf appeared on the UPN Network reality series The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott. [26] On February 26 Yelawolf released a second song from Trunk Muzik Returns titled "F.A.S.T. Radioactive, was released November 21, 2011, under Interscope Records and Shady Records, debuting the following week at #13 on the Billboard 200. But that's exactly what happened to YelaWolf (nee Michael Wayne Atha) when he was featured singing the hook on Slim Thug's "I Run," which re-interpolated A Flock Of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far. [48] This came as a result of the death of long-time friend and collaborator Shawty Fatt and his break-up with fianc Fefe Dobson. He spent much of his time in Antioch, Tennessee, and attended Carter Lawrence Middle School in Nashville, which is located near the Edgehill Homes apartment projects. [citation needed] During this period, the status of the unreleased Trial by Fire album and Yelawolf's involvement with Shady Records were left undetermined. I think thats why I was a little over the top when I started. YelaWolf: I don't even know. "[9], Regarding his stage name and persona, Yelawolf has said that his father is Cherokee, but also that he's "always been just white.