DG Yola Talks Prison Sentence, Music From Halfway House

http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/06/22/dg-...halfway-house/

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Back in 2006, DG Yola was a force in Atlanta’s underground scene, known for his hit “Ain’t Gon’ Let Up,” but a series of personal and legal issues, like a one-year prison stint for[..]ault threw him off course a bit. Now, he’s getting ready to release the new mixtape Live From The Halfway House and RapFix caught up with him in a halfway house, where he talked about the night that landed him in jail, and gave his take on the industry at present.

Yola, real name Mario Talley, began serving a one year sentence on August 7, 2009 for an aggravated[..]ault charge stemming back to December, 2008. Yola’s cousin attempted to rob him, prompting the rapper to shoot the man in self-defense. “Me and cuz had got into a heated altercation out there in front of my momma house, I’ve been shot in my face, and we had them pistols out there and….I really felt like he was gon’ shoot me, so I shot him before he shot me,” Yola explained, of the series of events that landed him behind bars. “I hit him in the chest and the leg. But like I said, he wasn’t the first n---- I ------, and he might not be the last.”

Yola revealed that he’s been recording music in the halfway house, and that he might be just what the game’s been missing. “The industry’s different, it’s real watered down right now, there really ain’t no gutter music out there,” he said. “Big shout out to Boosie, cause Boosie was holding it down and I was holding it down.”
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Yola back,

Hopefully he come back down with that same type of music he was making a while back.

This was my anthem. The memories.

I thought dude was gonna blow up but he went through some hard times

shout out yola da great

That !! is a classic.

midnight black and dg yola [pic]

Yola da great

been wondering what was up with him

Allen Temple!![pic] Glad my nicca free and Gucci brought him out at Birthday Bash

Yoooo I been wondering what happend to yola. I been missin homie music[pic]

I just had got into his music not too long before he turned himself in. Glad to see new music is on the way.

That was a Atlanta hit and a Florida anthem. I think everyone was playing that song back in 2008. Karen Civil blogged about homie a few months back I hope he comes back and k!lls the game. -Keith Clark

yeah that i aint gon let up used to hit hard out here in the chi. hope he come with some heat, if boosie gets out maybe a possible collab? [pic]

them niccas need to do a whole tape

that's been my ringtone since the day i heard that song classic !!...!

Cuzo had it hard. Flatland soldier!

yola!

that !! still set the club on fire

I miss that old Yola..."I ain't gon let up" held me down after Hurricane Katrina hit and I came back home...along with "!! you" by Bohagon and anything Bun B, Slim Thug and k!lla Kyleon spit....[pic]

Matter of fact, any Soulja Slim, BG, Juvy and that Webbie-Savage Life held me down...[pic]

Yola my dude...

One of the hardest songs to come from the A..