Yelawolf's Hip-Hop Is 'Heavily Influenced' By Classic Rock

'I picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to,' he tells Mixtape Daily. By Steven Roberts Yelawolf Photo: Ghet-O-Vision Ent. Fire Starter: Yelawolf Gadsden, Alabama, isn't exactly a hip-hop hotbed, but the small town, just east of Birmingham, might have the ambassador to put it on the map. Yelawolf (born Michael Wayne Atha) has been building quite the buzz with features on Slim Thug's "I Run" and Juelz Santana's "Mixin' My Medicine," ...

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