Yelawolfthe new international rap rock star discovered and produced by Eminem's SHADY RECORDS, comes for the first time in Italy on 25 August 2015 with a live show that will set the Circolo Magnolia in Segrate (Milan) ablaze. Tickets are available from TicketOne and points of sale Vivaticket.
Yelawolf will finally bring his music live to Italy and will drag the Magnolia audience with his latest single "Till It's Gone"which is topping the radio charts and has over 6 million views on YouTube.
Michael Wayne Atha chose the stage name 'Yelawolf', which means life, light, power and fire to Native Americans. This name is made up of "Yela", which stands for the colour yellow and was synonymous with "hunger" for the natives, and "Wolf", which is synonymous with "survival" and represents the ability to always give one's best to keep going.
After an independent record called "CreekWater"In 2007, Yelawolf signed with Columbia Records, but the first official record did not see the light of day and the rapper decided to leave the label. Michael's musical career continued with the release of several independent mixtapes and an EP called "Arena Rap". In 2010 he released his new mixtape "Trunk Musik"which, thanks to Interscope Records, became his recording debut.
In 2011 the real breakthrough: Yelawolf was signed by Eminem for the Shady Recordsthe Detroit rapper's record label, and, with the help of the legendary rapper and his team, Yelawolf began recording his second official album, "RadioactiveRadioactive" (released on November 21, 2011), which sold 50,000 records in its debut week and reached number 27 on the Billboard 200, and in April 2012 sold 193,000 copies in the USA. "Radioactive" is recognized as a success by the music press and not only, in fact Rolling Stone magazine awards the album with 3 stars out of 5, XXL magazine includes it in the "Top 11 Freshemen of 2011" and Complex Magazine included it among the 25 best albums of 2011, at position number 18.
In 2012, the mixtape "Heart Of Dixie" e "Psyco White"the latter a project in collaboration with the drummer of Blink 182, Travis Barker.
In 2014 Yelawolf released the singles "Box Chevy V" e "'Till It's Gone"anticipating the new album "Love Story"released in April 2015 after two years of studio work involving the likes of Eminem, Malay, WillPower and DJ Paul.
YELAWOLF + guest
Tuesday 25 August SEGRATE (MI) Circolo Magnolia
via Circonvallazione Idroscalo 41 - Concert starts at 21.30
Standing room only 25 euro + dp - no Arci membership required
www.yelawolf.com
