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Yo-Yo

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Also known as Yolanda Whitaker, Yo Yo, Yolanda Whittaker,

American rapper

Person · Open Library

Works
2

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Country
FI
Active from
1981

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
17,927
Total plays
87,829

Tags

Hip-Hoprapfemale vocalistsWest Coast Rappsychedelic

Yo-Yo (born Yolanda Whitaker) has been among the most sophisticated and unpredictable female rappers around. She doesn't take an overtly feminist tack but urges young women to show sexual restraint and use their minds as well as their bodies. Yo-Yo came out less embracing and more confrontational on You Better Ask Somebody, her 1993 album. There was little compromise in her rapping, or the record's mood. Where before she'd sometimes seemed conciliatory, this time she was stark and combative, par

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Yolanda
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Compton
Occupation
film actor
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Instrument
voice
Record label
East West Records
Official website
yoyoschoolofhiphop.com
Image
Yo yo-04.jpg
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date of birth
1971-08-04
social media followers
172475
Commons category
Yo-Yo (rapper)
start of work period
1989-00-00
pseudonym
Yo-Yo
writing language
English language
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