Michael Wayne Atha (born December 30, 1979), better known by his stage name Yelawolf, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. In a recent interview with HipHopDX, the former Shady Record artist talked about the first time he heard Em’s music.
โThe first time I heard Marshall was on a Rawkus mixtape,โ he said. โThis is back when 411 [Video Magazine] skate videos was where I was getting a lot of underground Hip Hop.โ
He continued, โSomewhere through there, I heard Marshall. I was like, โIs that a white boy? That sounds like a white boy. It wasnโt just the accent and the style, it was the contentโฆ I just started digging through to try and find more.โ
Yelawolf also revealed โAny Manโ was the first song he heard by Eminem before spitting the lyrics perfectly.
โโCause any man who would jump in front of a minivan/For 20 grand, a bottle of pain pills and a Mini Thins/Is fucking crazy,โ he rapped.
In addition to โAny Man,โ Yelawolf noted heโs a big fan of Eminemโs Slim Shady LP track โRole Model.โ
