Yolanda Whitaker

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

My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
Sprung
Sprung

Filmography

2023 A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self
2022 Sherri
as Self - Guest
2021 The Real Queens of Hip Hop: The Women Who Changed the Game
as Self
2018 Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
as Pretty Woman
2010 My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
as Self
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
as Kendl (voice) (uncredited)
2004 How Do I Look?
as Herself
2002 Paper Soldiers
as Judge Prince
2001 BET Awards
as Self - Performer
2000 3 Strikes
as Charity
1999 The Breaks
as Loretha
1999 Beverly Hood
as Tilly
1997 Sprung
as Sista #3
1996 The Jamie Foxx Show
as Kierston
1996 Moesha
as
1995 Panther
as Pregnant Junkie
1995 The Parent 'Hood
as
1994 New York Undercover
as Nikki
1993 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Sondra
1993 Menace II Society
as Girl at Party