{"id":65375,"date":"2012-04-07T01:11:42","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T23:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musiveo.com\/station\/yo-yo-you-cant-play-with-my-yo-yo\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T22:02:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:02:24","slug":"yo-yo-you-cant-play-with-my-yo-yo","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/musiveo.com\/station\/yo-yo-you-cant-play-with-my-yo-yo\/","title":{"rendered":"Yo-Yo &#8211; You Can&#8217;t Play With My Yo Yo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From 1991 Album: &#8220;Make Way for the Motherlode&#8221;&#8230;[Artist info below]&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>Get Yo-Yo&#8217;s Music:<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"Yo Yo\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"500\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_Lqu2exqoYUezUJ&#038;asin=B000AQ379U&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yo-Yo (born Yolanda Whittaker on August 4, 1971) is a Grammy-nominated American hardcore rapper and actress. Much of her music has advocated female empowerment, denouncing the frequent sexism found in hip-hop music. She is the protege of gangsta rapper Ice Cube. Yo-Yo dubbed her crew the IBWC, which stood for the Intelligent Black Woman&#8217;s Coalition.<\/p>\n<p>Yo-Yo first appeared as a guest on Ice Cube&#8217;s AmeriKKKa&#8217;s Most Wanted album in 1990, on the track &#8220;It&#8217;s a Man&#8217;s World.&#8221; Cube returned the favor by appearing on &#8220;You Can&#8217;t Play with My Yo-Yo,&#8221; which was on Yo-Yo&#8217;s 1991 debut album, Make Way for the Motherlode.<\/p>\n<p>Her follow-up in 1992, Black Pearl was well-received by critics, partly because of its focus on positive messages and uplifting themes that contrasted the popular gangsta rap style. However, despite a plethora of renowned producers such as DJ Muggs, this did not translate into a hit with mainstream hip-hop audiences, and the album&#8217;s sales were considered a disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>Less than a year later, released her follow-up You Better Ask Somebody. The final track on the album was her third recorded hip-hop duet with Ice Cube, &#8220;The Bonnie and Clyde Theme&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Yo-Yo&#8217;s next album was 1996&#8217;s Total Control. In 1998, she finished her fifth and final album, Ebony, but it was not released.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, her single &#8220;Can&#8217;t Play With My Yo-Yo was ranked number 92 on VH1&#8217;s 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs. Later that year, she performed with MC Lyte, the Lady of Rage, and Salt-n-Pepa at the BET Hip Hop Awards.<\/p>\n<p>She appeared in the 1991 film Boyz N The Hood, 1993&#8217;s Menace II Society and other urban-oriented films; had a recurring role on the television show Martin as Keylolo, the sidekick of comedian Martin Lawrence&#8217;s alter ego Sheneneh; and appeared on other TV shows, including FOX (network)&#8217;s New York Undercover. She has also made many cameo appearances, including the music video for Missy Elliott&#8217;s &#8220;Da Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)&#8221;. She has also appeared in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, as a voice actor.<\/p>\n<p>Extended &#038; updated info here: http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yo-Yo_%28rapper%29<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 1991 Album: &#8220;Make Way for the Motherlode&#8221;&#8230;[Artist info below]&#8230;.. 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