Yelawolf Talks, Skates, Performs "Pop The Trunk"

In this beginning of this clip, nicely filmed by the frustratingly-named director Yours Truly, the rapper Yelawolf visits People’s Park in Berkeley, and talks about his time there as a homeless runaway — when he’d hang out there and “just be.” It’s nice when he apologizes to an old woman who walks by at the time he says the word “motherfucker.” Then he skateboards and tells the story of calling home to his mom, and returning to Alabama, where he grew up. But the best part is his performance of “Pop the Trunk,” from his album, Trunk Musik 0–60, which came out last week — it’s one of the best songs anyone has released this year, I think — accompanied only by piano.