![]() It seemed like everyone was singing Yelawolf’s praises even in and around country music, and that he was poised to take a big bite out of the World. Yelawolf was booked as one of the headliners for Nashville’s Soundland Festival-a festival that traditionally catered more to roots artists. ![]() “Pop The Trunk” had garnered over 8 million hits on YouTube at the time, and caught the ear of Eminem who he signed Yelawolf to his imprint of Interscope Records. His previous album Trunk Muzik 0-60 was a big success and launched some huge underground hits. The rapper had nearly everyone buzzing it seemed, including many members of the greater country community who had ties to, or an affinity for the Alabama-born rapper. That was 2011, and hip-hop artist Yelawolf was just getting ready to release an album called Radioactive. from “ Yelawolf Has No Place in Country and Roots Music” published October 18th, 2011. ![]() ![]() Unlike many others that flee from this fight, I am willing to take the charges of racism and closed-mindedness to fight for the preservation of diversity and contrast in music.” “Here at Saving Country Music, we have put ourselves squarely on the front lines of opposing the infiltration of hip hop into the country genre, or possibly, the takeover of country by hip-hop, that seems to be pervading the current mainstream country music landscape. ![]()
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