Yo-Yo - You Can't Play With My Yo Yo
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- From 1991 Album: "Make Way for the Motherlode"...[Artist info below].....
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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's Coalition.
Yo-Yo first appeared as a guest on Ice Cube's AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted album in 1990, on the track "It's a Man's World." Cube returned the favor by appearing on "You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo," which was on Yo-Yo's 1991 debut album, Make Way for the Motherlode.
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's sales were considered a disappointment.
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, "The Bonnie and Clyde Theme".
Yo-Yo's next album was 1996's Total Control. In 1998, she finished her fifth and final album, Ebony, but it was not released.
In 2008, her single "Can't Play With My Yo-Yo was ranked number 92 on VH1'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.
She appeared in the 1991 film Boyz N The Hood, 1993'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's alter ego Sheneneh; and appeared on other TV shows, including FOX (network)'s New York Undercover. She has also made many cameo appearances, including the music video for Missy Elliott's "Da Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)". She has also appeared in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, as a voice actor.
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Yoyo was hard ASF while being beautiful and dropping knowledge. I miss the 90s even though I was just a child lol
I was 20 or 21 when this came out. A child compared to me now, but mentally, I never left that age. Best time of my life.
Yup me the same tru
Man I miss the 90’s! The last great decade!
Mammoth 😊akjwjwjwjwh
I'd do her.
Just Had a pleasure of sharing the stage with her she is a amazing person
Are you a rapper
Stop lying
Not Like Us
@@roselynholloway7863 no bass player
@@mrhawk1924 lls the video is up on TH-cam slim lls
I love that they sampled earth, wind and fire (devotion) for the beat. that's one reason this song reached audiences of all ages
I never noticed until I saw your comment.
thanks for the comment I'm over hear like I know this beat or rhythm
That explains why my dad loved this. 🙏😅❤️
June 2024!!! This is my year of 50yrs old!!! Omg 😱 I remember this song 🎶 My era was the best in hip hop!!! I’m Blessed to have lived in an era of pure fun!!!
I'll be 50 in November. And I play this for my 35 yr old girlfriend
@@dreddabarber6315 Yes, keep good music alive!
Congratulations. Im a 1874 baby too. I agree that this is best hip hop era. 🎉
agree
Yes Darl
When the female rappers was fully dressed it’s 2022 and this is still the jam
Preach
now we have lil debbie
Who's listening to YoYo and Cube in 2025???
Me and the cool ice Cube with the feminine empowered Yo-Yo
unsung brought me here. this brings tears to my eyes. back when there was no social media. what I would give to go back to the old school ways
@James E. Stanton III It is a double edged sword .
Some here
Girl me to …..it’s all crap now
Stfu nobody cares
All fax...delete yours if you haven't ready
Yo Yo need to be in the hip hop hall of fame .
@texas legend Pretty much
@texas legend facts
Why? She has no significant achievements
@@keystheproblemfanpage4875 Ice Cube did brought her to the hip hop biz.
@@keystheproblemfanpage4875 This track is the only notable thing I remember about her too. But she did it so well, Ice Cube earned my respect.
This was an excellent first single for her, she’s the perfect balance of hardcore rhymes, & femininity, plus she’s beautiful, & an outstanding writer. With Cube’s Co-sign she was unstoppable 💟
I looked up her so much. She was smart streets & books, gorgeous, tough af but all woman. Tried to uplift other women. She was real AF.
This was actually her second single
People ain't even tripping off how dope this song is and was. Substance in them lines and she spit several verses.
I love this song ! The beat is sick... Randomly in my head "You can't play with my yoyo "
Devotion by earth, wind, and fire.
Pause
Yea literally just popped in my head like two days ago 🤣
Her voice & flow is everything. 💕🔥🔥😮💨 Straight heat!
Yes straight flow!! Chill bumps
30 plus years later and still this joint is so damn hard
This song showed how you can be intelligent and have street smarts!!! Loved her lyrics in this song too👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
What l like alot about this song is the music that anyone can listen to anywhere you go.
IBWing with my Crewin'
Who listening to yo yo and ice cube. you tryna play me out in 2024
ive had it playing since it came out kills
Yep. From BC, Canada
🫡
I listen to twenty sack often, from her 2nd lp, not this one so much
Memories!!!! 1980 baby!!!
Man this beat was cold
Yessssss
ESPECIALLY the Earth, Wind and Fire sample...
Devotion by Earth Wind and Fire...❤
Classic real hip hop from the left coast Ms,Yo,Yo the industry wasn't ready 4a lyrical and beautiful and intellectual props 2 her 4eva the classics.
Agreed,this came out in 90-91 my moms senior yr HS n she said every female was a fan of YoYo cause she was a bit more street oriented than MC Lyte and Queen Latifa even tho they were "hood" too
YoYo needs to come back and dominate the music industry again with Ice Cube. What a classic joint from the 90s!!! ❤❤❤
When Ice Cube bring out a female rapper that was harder than half the dudes in the game. lol. "Stompin' to the 90s."
@@mirroredname3389 .....nigga what
@@Igotyoutriggered Is anyone doing this style of hip hop/rap today? Like new music?
@@mirroredname3389 not at all 💯💯
"I think it's time that we defeat / By standing on our on two feet / If we wanna live with justice and harmony /
How many more rounds must I go / in order to let my people know / Times were hard, things have changed..."
This song has so many dope & insightful lyrics, but if I had to choose, its definetely the last verse for me.
@@eugenastewart140 I definitely agree with you!!! Her lyrics were pretty insightful and dope💕
Most underrated song of all time! A fun jam!
Being from NEW YORK...i have to say...THIS IS A REAL L.A. BLACK QUEEN..SOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL 💯🙏
Yes indeed. LA was rough in those days aye B.... ,or What up H.? I got into scraps over my homegirls from Skyline ESP 1980s because I wasn't having it. Sad times. Good wake song.
Fact and Yo-Yo is still beautiful to this day.
They don’t make music like they used to!! 🥰 🎶
She was standing on JJ Fads shoulders. She kept that torch going for female rappers in California 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Take me back to the ‘90’s 🎶🔥🥳
Such a beautiful and talented woman. Shout out to the IBWC. The whole song is hard. Then she comes with the last verse and spits knowledge over that beat and demonstrates an EMCEE truly respecting the culture and the craft
Exactly
Intelligent Black Women Coalition
Yo yo better than a lot of rappers today
Brings back so many good memories!!!
Loved this! Friend texted me yo yo and this song came in my head. What ever happened to her?
Classic joint from Key Lo Lo!
This and Mary J/Method Man were my 2 favorite Rap collaborations!! And Yo Yo was stunning. And even though I've never been an Ice Cube fan, I thought this was a Masterpiece!! 👍
Sheeit to me Ice Cube was 2 Pac before 2pac
It was the clothes it was the music it was the culture producers and artists had to earn every nickle no clout chasing hands down best era ever.
2022 and this is still a hit for me
yeeeeeeeeet
✌️!
You already know. 🤷🏿♂
Same 😊
@@CatMeowsGG lpnnvv
Mann, she killed it..!!
The song will. always be one of my Favorites 4sho! YoYo, Those Lyrics, Those Mesmerizing Eyes & That Body Lawd Hav Mercy!💕
Say it bruh. This sister was my crush back when this came out.
This went hard! Her flow was dope an her voice fit tha narrative! 90s Realj Hip Hop 2023
The background vocals are dope. Great harmony💕.
The 90s was the last best era of great music
This beat is STILL one of my favorites, also listen to her last verse
People love to forget the impact YoYo had on female rap - she was gorgeous, sexy and hard AF.
Those of us who know have to keep it playing. Pass it on.
It’s wild that I was a junior in high school when this came out, and now I’m 50 lmao. Where did the time go?!?!
I'm 45 and ask myself the same question.
@ I promise! Time flies after 30 🤣
Man I fucking miss the 90's
this song is gangsta, and it has a vibe, she was jamming, I'm impressed.
She’s always had the prettiest eyes.
90s hip hop is undefeated, bro, Nostalgia will bring tears
90s were the best🎉
Damn I was 11 years old but I'm still in love with some Yolanda 😆 I miss when female rappers were sexy and not trifling and could rip the mic!
Best Female Rapper of All Time. Point blank.
I remember bumpin the fuck outta this song… Damn I miss the 90’s
My west coast crush and she had lyrics❤
She said cisco. This was the jam in the 90's
Yeah, this and "Nicety" were dope jams from that era, plus, Lisa Lisa "Wonder if I take you home" also.
@@DexterHaven Lisa Lisa's "Wonder if I take you home'" came out in 1985.
@@Jryder933 Yes, that's why I said "era" instead of the '90s in my comment, btw.
I love me some yo-yo the sexy hip hop rapper
1:28🧡💯 #punkin
this song is a forever favorite, I grew up listening to your music and watching you as an actress. thank you for being a great woman role model, I wish you the best!💎
Damn i wish i was a teenage in the mid 80s and can enjoy the 90s too. I’m 24 and this song is so dope 🔥🔥.
She kilt that last verse.
This came out 1990 I was 9 years olds summertime in the projects unforgettable times
I was 10 years old when this came out and it's still so dope
I remember the first time I heard NWA I was about 10 and I was hooked. To this day Cube is my favorite rapper of all time. YO-YO doesn’t know it but she was a pioneer
I was 3
8
This is a REAL MC!!!
Bless
I didn't realize the song was so smooth. Listening to this after many years, I hear all of the instruments and the melodies. Awesome!!
MAN! i remember when this was brand spankin' new, and it STILL sounds fresh today.
To me, at least.
Just saw her in DC at MC Lyte's show. Crowd went nutz!
Love this song
This was a straight up game changer back in the day .
This song still bomb af!!!!😍😍😎😎😎🔥🔥🔥
Loved this song. Yo Yo is beautiful and dope and Ice Cube co sign really made this a classic. Its one of the songs you wanna have on repeat and it takes back to that era of great music
Love Yo Yos American Flag fit!
This was off the hook in the summer of 1991
Yes sir
Damn I wasn't even born yet and I have a 15 year old child now so u know this old
All Time Classic
Yo-yo yolanda whitaker - boyz in the hood - still chilling to "street mama dont take no mess".. evergreen
😂!
My girl Yo-Yo was one of the wickest fiercest female Mc's from the 90's
I remember my mom listening to this on tapes lol she loved her some Yoyo
I love yo yo I met her today!!! Pull up to aMelbss Harlem. The best soul food in town. She’s a Leo like me. Good energy ❤️🙏🏾💯
Back when everything was real. I'd give 10 years of my life to live 5 years back in the 90s
The song was dope. The lyrics over some people's head. And she had shape, size, color, age and type of sister in the video
What a true beautiful BAD ASS!💯
Yoyo going to always be my girl ❤❤❤
Watching this after watching the kids series Saturdays with Yoyo and trying to explain to my 12 year old that Yoyo is a west coast female legend MC and used to roll with Ice Cube who was part of NWA and .... never mind. And remembering she was Key Lo Lo on the Martin series rollin with Shenaynay.
Damn, I miss this era of Hip Hop...
In my 1991 bag!! From a 79 baby!!
I love the beat breakdown
I love this song since it came out ❤
Ice muthafuckin Cube 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾
One of the best Earth Wind And Fire samples ever. One of the best beats ever.
that “don’t try to play me out” is so melodic
HAPPY 51ST BIRTHDAY
YOLANDA WHITAKER "YO-YO"
(AUGUST 4, 2022)
I love this joint, but I also love the original mix.
Some foo in a 2017 Spanish interview really asked Yo Yo straight to her face, "Now that you're older, can they play with your yo-yo now?" And Yo Yo was lookin' at him dead - "Oh boy, you trippin'". I can't.
Came here because I just heard this jam on the radio again.... and want to thank Yo Yo for always ALWAYS staying classy, representin' female rappers and in the Fashion! 🫶❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ And not in bedazzled bra and panties. 👙
My Favorite Song back then.. 10th grade rocking this in my Walk-men on the school bus!!! I miss the 90's!!! ✊
Now you took me all the way back…My Walkman would be dead all the time because my batteries wouldn’t hold up 🤣
My shiii
This makes me smile so much
Man that earth wind and fire sample.
So underrated 🔥💗
Yo yo was a monster
This was the jam!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I love yo yo song this was so hard & you got my.boy on the hook
Here in 2025
Me toooooooooooo!!!!
These so call female MCs need to check out YOYO.
Brotha Ice Cube and the Queen Sista MC Yo-Yo. This is how you present the sex appeal and POWER of Black Woman at the same damn time! ✊🏽💖🎤
Her two songs was 🔥 🔥 🔥 This one and Bonnie n Clyde
My girl YOYO THE ORIGINAL AROUND THE WAY GIRL!!!!
Ahhh, another old school classic from a REAL rapper!! Unsung brought me here, forgot how fine Yo Yo was (and still is) back then. It's them eyes man, them sexy green eyes. She reminds me of the honey dips that we used to holla at in the mall back in the day!!
Whatever hoss good luck finding somebody to agree with you
*MAN, the memories this song brings back*
Classic 💯 “knowledge is key”
My dad introduced me to this song about 5 years ago ! One of the best girl rappers !
She had mad skills...not sure why she didn't blow up more than she did!
Love Yo Yo ! I used to watch this video back to back! ❤