Yolanda Whittaker Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Yo-Yo (born Yolanda Whittaker) has been among the most sophisticated and unpredictable female MCs 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. Her introduction to the hip-hop game came with an appearance on the 1990 Ice Cube track "It's a Man's World" (...
"You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo" was a #36 Top-40 hit in 1991.
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Had an independent film "The Rev. DoWrong Ain't Right!" which starred Cedric the Entertainer, was made but never released outside of Urban film-festival circuits.
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In 1994, had signed a deal with Warner Bros. TV for the production of a 30-minute sitcom, "Shifting Gears." She would have played a dispatcher for a family-owned trucking company. The series would have explored a myriad of family and social issues. Sitcom was never picked up.
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Well known as a hip-hop MC under the name Yo-Yo who was discovered by actor-MC-producer Ice Cube.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Janitors
2016
Yolanda 'YoYo' Whittaker
Da Jammies
2015
TV Series
The Real Rosanne
Waist Deep
2006
Female Radio DJ (voice, as Yolanda 'YoYo' Whitaker)
Da Jammies
2006
Video short
Mrs. Mangual (voice)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2004
Video Game
Kendl Johnson (voice, as Yo Yo)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
2004
Video short
Kendl Johnson (voice)
Paper Soldiers
2002
Judge Prince (as Yolanda 'Yo-Yo' Whitaker)
3 Strikes
2000
Charita (as Yolanda Whitaker)
Beverly Hood
1999
Tilly
The Breaks
1999
Loretha (as Yolanda 'Yo-Yo' Whitaker)
The Jamie Foxx Show
1998
TV Series
Kierston
Trials of Life
1997
TV Movie
Jennifer
Sprung
1997
Sista #3 (as Yolanda Whitaker)
The Parent 'Hood
1997
TV Series
Audrey
Moesha
1996
TV Series
Security Guard
Martin
1993-1995
TV Series
Keylolo
Panther
1995/I
Pregnant junkie
New York Undercover
1995
TV Series
Nikki
Adventures of D.P. Boys 17: South of the Border
1994
Video as Yo Yo
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
Sondra (as Yolanda Whitaker)
Strapped
1993
TV Movie
Ann (as YoYo)
Menace II Society
1993
Girl at Party (as Yo Yo)
Who's the Man?
1993
Woman (as Yolanda Whittaker - Yo-Yo)
Boyz n the Hood
1991
Yo-Yo
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Girls Town
1996
performer: "I Can't Take No More" - as Yo Yo / writer: "I Can't Take No More"
Boyz n the Hood
1991
performer: "Mama Don't Take No Mess" - as Yo-Yo / writer: "Mama Don't Take No Mess" - as Yo-Yo
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony: From Cleveland to the World
2013
Documentary completed
Herself
Unsung
2014-2015
TV Series documentary
Herself
The Queen Latifah Show
2014
TV Series
Herself
EOTM Awards 2013
2013
TV Special
Herself
The Mo'Nique Show
2011
TV Series
Herself
Way Black When: Primetime
2011
TV Series
Herself - Performer
The Power of Words
2011
Documentary
Herself
My Mic Sounds Nice: The Truth About Women in Hip Hop
2010
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The Wordz Project
2010
Video documentary
Herself
BET Hip Hop Awards 2008
2008
TV Special
Herself
Miss Rap Supreme
2008
TV Series
Herself - Co-Host
Baisden After Dark
2008
TV Series
Herself
Parallel Paths
2007
TV Series
Herself (2007) (as Yo-Yo)
3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors
2006
TV Movie
Herself (as Yo Yo)
Ego Trip's Race-O-Rama
2005
TV Series documentary
Herself (as Yo-Yo)
Longshot
2001
Herself
Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott: Hits of Miss E... The Videos, Volume 1
2001
Video documentary short
Herself (segment "The Rain [Supa Dupa Fly]")
Soul Train
1992-1998
TV Series documentary
Herself / Guest
The 9th Annual Soul Train Music Awards
1995
TV Special
Herself (as Yo-Yo)
Known for movies
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) as Kendl Johnson
$19 Million
