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New Yelawolf Video Features Lil Jon, Mud Wrestling

September 20, 2011 – This Alabama rapper has been turning heads for his vividly rendered, dexterously rhymed stories of blue-collar Southern life. The first video from Yelawolf's October 25 debut album Radioactive transfers those impressive skills to pop radio's favorite setting -- that mythical pleasure dome known as The Club -- and shows that the MC born Michael Wayne Atha can wallow in his own id as naturally as anybody. …
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Hear Yelawolf's Anthemic Single from Fall Album

August 4, 2011 – When SPIN talked with Yelawolf about his September album Radioactive, the Alabama rapper promised hip-hop bangers that would sound great blasting in an arena. "I've got a few inspirational records, records for people to stay motivated," he said. …
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My Favorite Things: Yelawolf

June 9, 2011 – This week: Yelawolf, the stage name of 31-year-old Southern rapper Michael Wayne Atha, who broke out with his 2010 mixtape Trunk Muzik and will release his debut full-length, Radioactive, this summer. FAVORITE SONG: "'Country Boy Can Survive' by Hank Williams, Jr. It's a great song that proves that there's a lot of pride in those from the south." FAVORITE ALBUM: "Aquemini by OutKast. …
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Behind the Two Faces of the White Rapper

March 21, 2011 – In the video for his song "Donald Trump," Mac Miller, a scruffy 19-year-old white kid from Pittsburgh who looks more like Agent Cody Banks than hip-hop's next big thing, bounces up and down, spitting well-worn boasts about bitches, partying, and his future success. Yet, people are actually listening to this guy. "Donald Trump" has more than one million views on YouTube. …
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SXSW: Foo Fighters, Wiz Khalifa Rock mtvU Woodies

March 17, 2011 – It's not a real party until MTV shows up with the cameras. Which is what happened on Wednesday, when the network's dorm-room offshoot mtvU brought the open-bar Woodies Award show to Austin, TX, for the opening night of SXSW. But first things first: Um... "Woodies"? Sure, flown-the-coop students love sexual innuendos as much as cheap beer and open bars, but, really, what's with the name? …
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Yelawolf on Eminem, Southern Hip-Hop, and Tattoos

January 27, 2011 – Since releasing his Interscope debut Trunk Muzik 0-60 last year, Yelawolf has proven himself to be one of hip-hop's freshest voices: a heavily-tattooed, Alabama-bred badass who delivers sharply observed tales of Southern life. …
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Yelawolf, 'Trunk Muzik 0-60' (Interscope)

November 22, 2010 – This Alabama rapper is an amazing postmodern mutation: A grainy Southern-gothic Rob Zombie directing gut-punch 808s, spitting scattergun rhymes screwed to half-speed by his slinky white-boy drawl; a baby-faced, elaborately inked, AOR-bred dreamboat; and a hick-hop skate-punk American badass. …
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