After his elimination from the show, he released his independent debut album Creekwater in 2005, later the same year he released his debut mixtape Pissin' in a Barrel of Beez. In 2005, Yelawolf appeared on the UPN Network reality series The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott. and his aggressive, survivalist 'dark' side.' Career 2005–2009: early career Regarding his stage name and persona, Yelawolf has said that his father is Cherokee, but also that he's 'always been … just white.' He says he constructed the name 'Yelawolf' from the word 'Yela' (which Atha claims is Cherokee for 'sun' ) and the English word 'Wolf' because it 'represents the duality between his intellectual 'light' side.

That's where hip hop made sense culturally.' He says that during that time, 'hip hop started making sense to me. He spent much of his time in Antioch, Tennessee, and attended Carter Lawrence Middle School in Nashville, which was located near housing projects. Throughout his childhood, Atha moved often. Yelawolf said his stage name was inspired by his father. He has described himself as ' the people that are the core of America'. Michael Wayne Atha was born on December 30, 1979, in Gadsden, Alabama.

2.7 2021: Yelawolf Blacksheep, TURQUOiSE TORNADO, Slumafia, Mile Zero and Mud Mouth.

2.6 2018–present: Trunk Muzik III and Ghetto Cowboy.

2.4 2012–2015: Trunk Muzik Returns and Love Story.

2.3 2012: The Slumdon Bridge, Heart of Dixie, Dogs Eating Dogs, and Psycho White.

2.2 2009–2011: Trunk Muzik and Radioactive.

His sixth studio album, Ghetto Cowboy, and first independent studio album since signing to Eminem's imprint, was released in October 2019.

His fifth album, expected to be his last under Shady Records, Trunk Muzik III, was released in March 2019. His fourth album, Trial by Fire, was released in October 2017. His third album, Love Story, was released in April 2015. Yelawolf released a sequel to his breakthrough mixtape Trunk Muzik, titled Trunk Muzik Returns, in March 2013. The album debuted at number 27 on the Billboard 200. In January 2011, Yelawolf signed a recording deal with Eminem's record label Shady Records, and released his second studio album, Radioactive in November 2011. His first release on a major label was a reworking of Trunk Muzik, titled Trunk Muzik 0-60 (2010). It was not until 2010's Trunk Muzik EP that Yelawolf started to gain mainstream attention, culminating with Yelawolf signing a deal with Interscope Records. Born in Alabama and raised in Tennessee, he embarked on his career independently in 2005, releasing one extended play (EP) and four mixtapes until 2010. Michael Wayne Atha (born December 30, 1979), better known by his stage name Yelawolf, is an American rapper.

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