Shawn Coles, famously known as YelloBoy GoneWild, is a lyrical rapper from Baltimore, Maryland.
Why do you love music?
I’ve been in love with music since I was a child, I can remember my mom playing the oldies and watching the Temptations with my family and thinking to myself, I want to move crowds the way they did! Growing up in Baltimore I was surrounded by drugs, murders, and the street life. My mom, grandmother, and sister bridged their morals together and as a team and worked together to raise me.
How long have you been into music?
At the age of 13 While in St. Louis, Missouri and living with with my sister, i began to write lyrics and recorded music myself. I dropped my first mixtape “BodyMore Murda Land” , This was only the beginning! At the age of 16, when I moved back to Baltimore i began to hang with the OGs in my neighborhood, “Missle” and the Baltimore Hip-Hop Group named “Teflon Records” were my OGs and they made sure they taught me the Art of Rap. So I think what makes me different and stand out as an artist is that I speak about real life the pain the struggle and the things that really happened to me throughout my life things that most rappers wouldn’t let people know about themselves, things like me dealing with the loss of my father at the age of 4 and how that still affects me til this day or about my battle with depression & the fight within myself with leaving certain things behind and taking my rap career more seriously, instead of talking about selling drugs , hustling & women , etc. I’ve over come alot of battles while pursuing a rap career, i began hanging in the streets and at the age of 18 i went to jail in which i was later released. I continued to do music. Caught between music and the streets, at the age of 22, i went back to jail for 5 years. Time away, gave me time to think. In jail, I continued to write and made plans for music I would release upon leaving prison. When I was released from prison, I kept my word and released the following mixtapes: YelloBoy GoneWild (the series 1-3) and the Yello Nigga.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
5 years from now I see myself as a successful music artist and eventually owning my own record label, Building a legacy for my son, something for him to have all the opportunities & things that I didn’t growing up. I also have a lot others counting on me and who believe in me the most and I can’t let them down.
What do you want to accomplish in life?
Honestly what I want to accomplish in life is to be someone important, to be someone valuable, to ultimately be successful!!
What do you bring to the music world?
I feel like I bring a lot to the table when it comes to music I bring that raw honesty, struggle, pain and realness I bring originality you know that gonewild flava to the music world I talk about things a lot of rappers wouldn’t normally let people know and things people can relate to.
What do you want to be remembered by?
I want people to remember me as one of the greatest artist that has ever graced a mic, As someone who stood for something and that I’ve always stayed true to myself, someone who creates great unforgettable, relatable music!!!
