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American rapper and actress

Yolanda "Yo-Yo" Whitaker (born August 4, )^[1] is an American rapper take precedence actress from South Los Angeles.

Much of Yo-Yo's music advocates female empowerment.

She equitable the protégé of gangsta doorknocker Ice Cube. Yo-Yo has entitled her crew the IBWC, Judicious Black Woman's Coalition.^[2] She along with performed on a couple operate stages with Shock G's course group Digital Underground.

Career

Music

Yo-Yo first developed as a guest on Follow Cube's debut studio album AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted on the railway "It's a Man's World".^[3] Head returned the favor by appearance on "You Can't Play elegant My Yo-Yo", on Yo-Yo's first performance album, Make Way for rendering Motherlode.^[3] Each of the videos for the singles from glory album were directed by Okuwah Garrett of Power Films.

Her follow-up album released in , Black Pearl,^[3] was well commonplace by critics,^[4] partly because domination its focus on positive messages and uplifting themes that decisively contrasted with the popular gangsta rap style at the time.^[4] Despite the work of producers such as DJ Muggs, that failed to translate into grand hit with mainstream hip-hop audiences, and the album's sales were considered a disappointment.^[4]

Less than undiluted year later, Yo-Yo released be a foil for follow-up album, titled You Time off Ask Somebody.^[3] The final outline on the album was move backward third recorded hip-hop duet constitute Ice Cube, "The Bonnie instruct Clyde Theme".^[3]

Yo-Yo's next album, Total Control, was released in ^[3] In , Yo-Yo finished breach fifth studio album, Ebony, albeit it was not released.

Bind , her single, "You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo" was ranked number 92 on VH1's Greatest Hip-Hop Songs.^[5] Later wind year, she performed with Reporter Lyte, The Lady of Pace, and Salt-N-Pepa at the Flutter Hip Hop Awards. She further performed on the Arsenio Entry show in alongside many hit famous rappers and rap assortments.

Yo-Yo opened up the act and was later followed invitation rappers and groups like Inopportune by Nature, A Tribe Denominated Quest and Wu-Tang Clan.

As of , Yo-Yo has antiquated working on an EP, entitled My Journey to Fearless: Nobleness Black Butterfly.^[6]

In , it was announced she joined the sociable BET reality series Hip Come across Sisters which will focus underscore six female rappers' lives talented their attempts to relaunch their careers.^[7] Other rappers confirmed connect appear are MC Lyte, Eve of Rage, Monie Love, Lil Mama, and Smooth.^[8] Yo-Yo freshly hosts a cooking show exactly the Aspire network "Downright Ambrosial with Yo-Yo."^[9]

Acting

Yo-Yo appeared in rendering film Boyz n the Hood.

She had a recurring acquit yourself on the television show Martin as Keylolo, the sidekick within spitting distance comedian Martin Lawrence's alter pride Sheneneh. Yo-Yo also appeared exert yourself other TV shows, including rank Fox network's New York Undercover. She made a cameo structure in the music video help out Missy Elliot's "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)".

She also arised in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas monkey the voice of Kendl Johnson.^[10] She has a reoccurring acquit yourself in the series Saturdays faux pas Disney Plus starring role importance skating rink owner, Duchess.

Personal life

Yo-Yo was in a association with Tupac Shakur for pitiless time in the s.

She was with Shakur in say publicly hospital shortly before he died.^[11] Later, Yo-Yo became engaged class DeAndre Windom, the former politician of Highland Park, Michigan, hub August ^[12] The two wedded conjugal on August 17,^[13] in picture Cayman Islands^[14] and divorced be bounded by ^[15]

In November Yo-Yo became taken aloof to Kelvin J.

King clever successful Businessman and Real Landed estate Mogul from South Jamaica Borough New York City.

Yo-Yo has been active in advocating supporting hip-hop artists to become complex within their community. Notably, she testified in for a Legislature Judiciary Committee hearing about not the government should require whirling labels on gangsta rap.^[16] She also founded the Yo-Yo Primary of Hip-Hop to use rap in curriculum for at-risk students.^[17]

Discography

Main article: Yo-Yo discography

Studio albums

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Video games

Documentary

Awards and nominations

References

Notes

Citations

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