Yelawolf has had an unlikely supporter in Shaquille O’Neal relationship again to the early days of his profession, and he gave the legendary NBA participant his flowers this previous weekend.
Following a submit from Shaq at All Star Weekend that used Yelawolf’s “Pop The Trunk” because the soundtrack, the previous Shady Records rapper shared the video in a submit of his personal on Sunday (February 19) in tribute.
“honored to say @shaq’s been one of my biggest and personally most impactful supporters,” Yela wrote. “he made me ( and I do mean made me ) meet him at a club in ATL years back when TrunkMuzik just hit .. and he told me ‘Wolf your gonna have lots of haters .. but never stop doing you !!’ .. it was surreal.”
He continued: “SHAQ for one has a king like presence let alone giving you some big homie advice .. that Always stuck with me though .. and I haven’t even mentioned it til today .. love you SHAQ .. thank you for that moment and thank you for this post GNG !!! even I forget from time to time how this all started in the first place !! POP THE TRUNK”
One individual not in his nook, nevertheless, is Yelawolf’s former labelmate Royce Da 5’9″. The latter caught lots of people off guard when he publicly dissed Yela on The Allegory single “Overcomer” in 2020, calling him a “vulture” and “punk ass.”
In a later interview with Genius’ For The Record video sequence, Royce offered a bit extra element on the scenario – although he didn’t disclose what precisely went down between them.
“He was a friend of mine,” Royce stated. “I felt disrespected by something that transpired, and that was just the way I chose to deal with it. I felt like I could’ve dealt with it in a few different ways. I chose not to because I don’t want to promote negativity. I don’t want to engage in silly, public, back-and-forth beefs. And I did feel like I needed to hold him accountable.”
Royce went on to elucidate he felt Yelawolf waited too lengthy to succeed in out to hash out their variations.
“There wasn’t a communication line between us,” he stated. “The window of opportunity for us to communicate closed, and it’s because he didn’t initiate it. So I just felt as friends, you would initiate that communication and give that clarification to me. But that never happened.”
He then admitted Yelawolf tried to get in contact with him following the discharge of “Overcomer,” however evidently he wasn’t feeling it.
“He reached out,” Royce stated. “Oh yeah, after that he reached out. We didn’t speak, but he reached out after that. I don’t wish him nothing but the best. I don’t wish any ill will on him or anything like that. But I took offense to what he did and I moved on. It’s not the first time.”
As for Shaq, he lately opened up a couple of music that includes himself, JAY-Z, Nas and the late Notorious B.I.G. that by no means noticed the sunshine of day.
The Big Diesel made the revelation throughout his look on Drink Champs again in October when N.O.R.E. requested him in regards to the decades-old observe.
According to the four-time NBA champion, the unique music that includes all three New York rap titans was by no means launched on account of clearance and publishing points. The music was titled “No Love Lost” and featured the 4 aforementioned names and Lord Tariq.
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