Yelawolf Recalls—And Raps—Eminem Lyrics That Made Him A Fan
He said he felt like he found an “ally.”
“The first time I heard Marshall was on a Rawkus mixtape,” he said. “At the time we were—this is back when 411 skate videos was where I was getting a lot of underground hip hop…I’m talking VHS tape videos.” The rapper recalled the mixtapes he’d heard out of New York, Texas, and Atlanta. “Somewhere through there I heard Marshall and I was like, is that a white boy? That sounds like a white boy!”
He explained it wasn’t just the way Eminem sounded, but the content about “mushrooms” and “white boy sh*t.” From that point forward, he was a fan. “Any man that can jump in front of a minivan with 20 grand, a bottle of pain pills and some minithin is f*cking crazy,” he rapped of Eminem’s track “Any Man.” He added, “Then it was, ‘Don’t you wanna group up to be just like me?’ That was it for me. I was like, ‘This dude’s nuts.'”
Yelawolf admitted that he hates most white rappers but he felt like he found an “ally” with Eminem. Watch the clip of his interview below.
