Having bubbled beneath the surface over the last year with many notable video appearances, Yelawolf finally signed to Shady Records earlier this month. Amidst the storm of publicity, Yela has been staying one step ahead of the game with rumours now emerging that the young rapper from Alabama is set to feature on the long-awaited Dr.Dre project “Detox”. Not that he would tell us!
In a recent interview with Vibe, Yela told of how the original Shady deal came about; “Keeping quiet was the hardest shit in the world, honestly. I was just so excited for a while. And everyone from my team who did know was really responsible about not letting it out. But I met with Eminem about four to five months ago in Detroit. Paul and Em flew me and my manager out to just kick it and get acquainted. From that meeting, I had no idea it would turn into this situation. I remember Paul was asking me about the meth problem in Alabama and I told him that I wrote ‘Pop The Trunk’ based off that issue. Next thing I know, Em starts rapping some of my lines from the song. I can’t even describe how that felt, I actually got super nervous. Em’s a real hip-hop fan, he knows about everything that’s going on.”
It remains to be seen if the Detox tie-in is a well placed publicity stunt, (given that Detox was supposedly completed in late 2010), or whether we will in fact see a late addition to the elusive album.
he was hot on big bois joint “you aint a dj”, other than that never heard him, didnt sound on the same level as eminem