Yellawolf

Poor angry white trash relating to ghetto life and making it in Hip Hop is still a rare story but one that is becoming more and more familiar as the influence of Hip Hop spreads through the white population. The latest of this rare bread is Michael Wayne Atha (born December 30, 1979), better known by his stage name Yelawolf.

Currently signed to Shady Records, Ghet-O-Vision Entertainment and Interscope Records. Atha was born in Gadsden, Alabama, and is of mixed Caucasian and Cherokee descent. Changing many schools, he was heavily influenced by the culture in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Antioch, Tennessee; Gainesville, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia. "When I lived in Antioch, they’d bus us down to the projects in Nashville to go to school and everything just started clicking with me with rap music and in life"..."I felt the connection, these kids had the same problems that I had at home," Atha stated.

He also states that his inspiration to break into hip-hop was OutKast’s André 3000.

His music is dirty south influenced and his image is rather unique. A Punk Rock white boy with Hip Hop swagger. A self described skater and drinker with a body covered in tattoos.

 Yelawolf has announced that he will release his upcoming full-length studio album, Radioactive, on October 25th, 2011, via Ghet-O-Vision/Shady Records/DGC/Interscope.

"Radioactive is the fall out of my life's inspirations, a testament to my ability to survive it all and to tell the story," said Yelawolf. "Sometimes I want to party, sometimes I want to fight and sometimes I want to cry. I'm human and this album is as honest as it gets."

Check out The first single from Radioactive, "Hard White (Up In The Club)," featuring Lil Jon and produced by Hydrox below.