If you haven't read by now, Eminem recently announced the official signing of Slaughterhouse to Shady Records, which has been in the works for sometime. However, when he added that Yelawolf had been signed as well, that seemed to come outta left field.
The new roster is being dubbed "Shady 2.0", and Yelawolf is poised to be one of next big white rappers.
In an exclusive interview with Vibe days after the signing was announced, the Alabama rapper revealed that things have been finalized for months ... and it was actually pretty hard to keep things quiet, because of his excitement.
"Keeping quiet was the hardest shit in the world, honestly. I was just so excited for a while," Yelawold told Vibe.com. "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," he continued.
Yela went on to explain how his mother broke into tears when he told her the good news ... and then, reflected on how he dreamed of this moment five years ago, before anyone knew who he was.
"When I called my mom to tell her -- she straight started 'boo hoo' crying, she was just so happy for me," the rapper explained. "She knows how big Eminem is and she never imagined that I would get to this level. My team actually even surprised me with the news and literally just said 'the Shady deal is done' one day.
"I remember five years ago, sitting in my cousin's car and asking him 'would Eminem get this, would he sign me?' We even went through what the meeting would be like and all that. So I can't say that I never thought about it," Yelawolf said. "Then, a few years later when we were shopping my demo to different labels in New York, I told KP lets take this to Marshall and he just kind of laughed at me. But I always had a feeling he would f*** with it."
Although the deal has been in the pipeline for months, Yela says he's yet to actually record with Eminem, but says he will be soon enough. In fact, he said he'll be in the studio with Eminem this week.
As far as his major label debut, it will be titled Radioactive. Why? Because he's ready to challenge the industry.
"A lot of rappers have this obsession with staying underground, but I want to take it to the stadium level," Yelawolf told Vibe. "We've been sitting on records for like four years that we knew were too big for a mixtape. So I'm just focused on writing a great album right now. That's why I'm calling it Radioactive because I want to personally challenge myself and the industry. It's a metaphor for my version of radio records."
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