Tony Yayo (born Marvin Bernard on March 31, 1978 in Queens, New York) is an American rapper who is signed as an artist to popular rap group G-Unit.

Biography

Tony Yayo is the original member of G-Unit. While touring through New York, the rapper was arrested for an outstanding warrant on weapons charges and was sentenced to a year and few days in prison. The imprisoned rapper was recording with G-Unit, even though he only appears twice on the debut album Beg For Mercy. When he was initially released from prison he was arrested again the following day for possessing a forged passport. The incident forced Yayo to spend six months in prison. After release, the rapper began preparing for his debut album. While out of prison, Yayo modestly brags about the time spent in prison and usually mentions about being on probation and ankle bracelet that he had to wear.

Tony Yayo has been featured on many of his fellow G-Unit solo debuts, preparing himself for his own release. His features included 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck and The Game. Outside of G-Unit, Yayo has also recorded with such hip-hop artists as Lil' Flip, Paul Wall, Eminem and Dr. Dre. The title of his album Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon has already been released. Anticipation for this album has grown since new tracks are featured on mixtapes and the radio.

Free Yayo

Free Yayo is a movement initiated by G-Unit with the intention of creating a support network for the imprisoned Tony Yayo. For instance, on the G-Unit track Stunt 101 fellow rapper Young Buck says "free yayo"; the video for that same track features "free Yayo" graffiti. The movement got to be much larger than any member of G-unit had predicted, even with such seasoned artists such as Eminem wearing a "Free Yayo" T-Shirt at an MTV award ceremony. And also resulted in the sale of clothing and accessories with writing 'Free Yayo' on them. The movement was responsible for the excitement and anticipation created for the release of the imprisoned G-Unit member. As another result, Tony Yayo's appearances on underground mixtapes greatly boosted sales of DJs such as DJ Clue and DJ Whoo Kid.

Tony Yayo's comments on The Game

In early 2005, 50 Cent officially booted his protege The Game from G-Unit. This incident caused a long standing feud between the group and the west coast rapper. Since then, Yayo has said many unfavorable comments about The Game. Yayo claims that The Game looks like Mr. Potato Head and his past is fabricated only to make him look more like a gangster. Yayo explained why being featured on The Documentary only helped The Game bring more appeal to the streets and that his attack on G-Unit is hypocritical.

Tony Yayo claims that The Game is known for his "break-up to make-up" feuds and his association with rappers G-Unit are currently feuding with. Yayo poked fun at his dating show appearance on Change Of Heart. The Game's disloyalty as G-Unit puts it were the reasons to dismiss the rapper from the group.

The Game responded by threatening to sabotage the sales of Tony Yayo's album. He promised his fans to purchase The Documentary and then mail the copy to The Black Wall Street Records offices whereas he'll personally autograph each copy and include an official mixtape. The Game now wants to dismantle G-Unit just like his other nemesis Murder Inc.

Discography

Album

• Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon (2005)#2
• Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon - Chopped & Screwed (2006)

Mixtapes

• Big Mike: Big Boy Game
• DJ Whoo Kid: G-Unit Radio 11- Tony's Home
• DJ Whoo Kid: G-Unit Radio- 50 Cent & G-Unit International Ballers

Singles

Featured Songs/Other Songs

• Bonafide Hustler Young Buck featuring 50 Cent and Tony Yayo
• My Toy Soldier 50 Cent featuring Tony Yayo
• I Run New York 50 Cent And Tony Yayo
• Hate It or Love It (G Unit Remix) 50 Cent featuring Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, The Game And Tony Yayo
• Bump Heads 50 Cent, Eminem, Lloyd Banks, And Tony Yayo
• Runnin The Game featuring Tony Yayo
• Like My Style 50 Cent featuring Tony Yayo

Other

• Shade45: House Arrest With Tony Yayo- Radio Show featuring G-Unit and playing the newest singles from artists from G-Unit.

External links

• Tony Yayo Official Site
• G-Unit Records
• Tony Yayo lyricsde:Tony Yayo

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