Yolanda Whitaker
Department: Acting
Biography
Yolanda Whitaker, better known by her stage name Yo-Yo, 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.
Known For
The Real Queens of Hip Hop: The Women Who Changed the Game
2021
Panther
1995
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023
My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
2010
Sprung
1997
Beverly Hood
1999
Menace II Society
1993
Who's the Man?
1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
Boyz n the Hood
1991
The Breaks
1999
3 Strikes
2000
Paper Soldiers
2002
The Therapy Sessions
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
2004
Juice
1992
Baristas vs Billionaires
2025
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
2016
Martin
1992
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996
The Parent 'Hood
1995
Moesha
1996
New York Undercover
1994
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
2018
Sherri
2022
How Do I Look?
2004
BET Awards
2001