Michael Wayne Atha (born December 30, 1979), better known by his stage name Yelawolf, is an American hip hop recording artist from Gadsden, Alabama. He is currently signed to Shady Records, Interscope Records, and has since founded his own independent record label, Slumerican. From 2005 to 2010, Yelawolf released an independent debut studio album titled Creek Water in 2005, an extended play, and four mixtapes. The last of the four, titled Trunk Muzik,amassed a strong following for the rapper, eventually landing him a deal with Interscope Records, which re-released the mixtape as Trunk Muzik 0-60 later that year.