Yelawolf Recalls Meeting Eminem For The First Time[Says Eminem Helped him Control his Drinking ..] -Video Inside



When Yelawolf first met his new boss, Eminem, the meeting couldn't have been more casual.

"He said, 'What's up? I'm Marshall,' " Yelawolf recalled to MTV News on Thursday's (March 10) "RapFix Live."

The meeting obviously went well: Yela is the latest recruit to Em's Shady Records empire, along with Slaughterhouse (Joe Budden, Crooked I, Joell Ortiz and Royce Da 5'9".)

Yela and Em talked in Detroit after producer Jim Jonsin and Eminem's manager urged the rapper to listen to the upstart's music. They shared similarities in their upbringing, and the partnership paid off immediately when the Grammy-winning superstar bestowed the young lyricist with advice, according to Yela.

"I'm a drinker; I drink a lot," he explained. "My management was concerned about some advice he could give me about slowing down so I don't get caught up in that life. He told me if it gets to the point where you need a drink before you go onstage, like you require that to function, is when you need to check yourself. And honestly, that's where I was at that point. And I've changed. I don't drink before I perform anymore."

The Alabama rapper will stick knock back a beer, but he's given up overdoing it before shows. Now, he says, he's enjoying himself more and his confidence has grown.

And that courage helped when he first played Eminem his debut album.

"I'm super excited about the music and fully confident that it's jamming," he said. "I was a little nervous, but after we broke the ice and really chopped it up, he seemed excited about it. So that makes me twice as excited now."

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Comment by ReRun(The Voice) on March 12, 2011 at 9:17pm
MAN THIS S*** HOTTT MAN I HOPE THEY DO A TOUR WITH DR.DRE AND ALL OF THE REG WEST COAST THATS COMES WITH HIM SNOOP TO BISHOP TO MORE AND THEN EMINEM TO D12 TO SLAUGHTERHOUSE TO YELA TO ROYCE TO 50 CENT TO GUNIT TO GAME TO MORE MAN THAT WOULD BE THE BEST HIPHOP TOUR OF ALL TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EVEN TRICK TRICK OPENIN UP BUT THATS JUST A IDEA BUT IF THEY COULD GET MOST OF THEM THEY COULD MAKE HISTORY MAKE THE BIGGEST TOUR OF ALL TIME BIGGER THEN UP IN SMOKE TOUR EVEN KID ROCK
Comment by Doc on March 12, 2011 at 6:43pm
Not so much in this interview but in all his others...
Comment by Doc on March 12, 2011 at 6:41pm
Yela the most unhappy and ungrateful looking dude ever
Comment by JT aka YoungBo$$ on March 12, 2011 at 1:04pm
FaSho.
Comment by Jordan on March 12, 2011 at 12:23pm
I just wanna party! Love you YELLLAA!!!
Comment by Bryant Best on March 12, 2011 at 10:33am
THATS NOT EMINEM.. SLIM SHADY WOULDNT SAY THAT!
Comment by Columbus J on March 12, 2011 at 9:57am
This white boy gon blow, thats a guarantee. Yela may not be everybodys cup of tea but he original and he go real hard over them bass heavy down low tracks. Plus he got a lane waiting for him in rock and roll collabs.
Comment by butter on March 12, 2011 at 9:01am
I Just seen a bunch of his stuff on youtube and this guy got it. He is going to be a star.............Em, u did the wright thing when u signed him
Comment by butter on March 12, 2011 at 8:01am
I don't know about this dude yet
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