Yo yo rapper eyes wide open

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    • Yo-Yo (rapper)

    American rapper and actress

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

    Much of Yo-Yo's music advocates female empowerment. She is the protégé of gangsta rapper Ice Cube. Yo-Yo has dubbed her crew the IBWC, Intelligent Black Woman's Coalition.[2] She also performed on a couple of stages with Shock G's group Digital Underground.

    Career

    Music

    Yo-Yo first appeared as a guest on Ice Cube's debut studio album AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted on the track "It's a Man's World".[3] Cube returned the favor by appearing on "You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo", on Yo-Yo's debut album, Make Way for the Motherlode.[3] Each of the videos for the singles from the album were directed by Okuwah Garrett of Power Films.

    Her follow-up album released in , Black Pearl,[3] was well received by critics,[4] partly because of its focus on positive messages and up