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Tony Yayo (born as Marvin Bernard on March 31, 1978 in Queens, New York) is an American rapper. He is a member of the G-Unit crew and singed to its label. Tony Yayo is known for his clever rhyming, his unique sound, his "Hear We Go Now!" yell, and, by his own words, for being the "Talk Of New York" (T.O.N.Y.).
He was imprisoned on weapons charges in early 2003 and as such he only appears twice on the G-unit debut album Beg For Mercy. While he was in prison, his daughter, Maniyah was born in 2003. On January 7, 2004, he was released, but arrested again the following day for possessing a forged passport. Yayo has been released since May 26, 2004.
After his release, Yayo has rapped on The Game's "Hate It Or Love It" (Remix), that was released on 50 Cent's newest album The Massacre. He has also recorded with such hip-hop artists as Lil' Flip, Eminem and Dr. Dre, as well as with his original group, G-Unit. Just like the G-Unit's first lady Olivia, Tony Yayo has a solo album coming out, which is called Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon and is expected to be released in August of 2005. Anticipation for this album has grown since new tracks are hitting the streets:
- "So Seductive" featuring 50 Cent; #52 US
- "Live By The Gun" produced by Dr. Dre.
- "Homicide" produced by Dr. Dre is currently popular in the underground.
- The mixtape "Tony's Home" featuring many of his previous work, jail freestyles, interviews, an Olivia/Lloyd Banks collaboration and a 50 Cent radio intro.
- 50 Cent's "I Run New York" on which he disses Jadakiss, Ja Rule, Fat Joe, and Jadakiss's D-Block Clique.
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" grafiti. On The Game's Hate It Or Love It (Remix), The Game says "We had the whole crowd screaming: Free Yayo!". The movement got to be much larger than any member of G-unit had predicted and resulted in the sale of clothing and accesories 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.
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