Tony Yayo

Marvin Bernard (born March 31 1979] Jamaica, Queens, New York better known by his rap persona Tony Yayo, is an American hip-hop artist of Haitian descent, who is signed to the rap group G-Unit, Tony Yayo was the first member of the supergroup G-Unit to start rapping , He would rap in fellow friends basement making underground tracks and Street mixtapes. Yayo signed to G-Unit Records in Late 2003. Despite being in jail for gun possesion Yayo did not appear on G-Unit's Group Album Beg For Mercy Was released from jail in the middle of 2004 and recorded the hit street track on fellow G-Unit mates Lloyd Banks The Hunger For More Album but was shortly sent back to prision for false passport possesion he was then released again in late 2004. Tony Yayo Currently resides in Miller Place, New York. and Bayside, Queens, New York.

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 the 2003 Grammy awards, 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. A cell phone game titled G-Unit: Free Yayo was made by Zingy. Tony Yayo got shotted by The Game twice in the face , and The Game then beat him up and pissed on his ugly face. GUNOT !

Controversy

In 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. During filming for the 'Touch it' remix, Tony Yayo and a friend allegedly had a heated exchange with producer Swizz beats, and Tony Yayo was seen angrily leaving the scene. Later a friend of Busta Rhymes was shot and killed from a drive-by shooting. Tony Yayo, as well as Busta Rhymes have been tight lipped about the incident, forcing the police to subpoena the rappers to testify.

Jim Jones - The Diplomats

Tony Yayo reportedly said "Boooring" in the same fashion that Jim Jones would say his trademark "Ballin". This developed a feud between the two and Yayo went on Shade 45 trashing Jim Jones The feud seems to be minor at the moment.In the we fly high remix video jim jones is seen waving his hand in front of his face taunting tony yayo

Discography

Albums

Album information
Thoughts of a Predicate Felon Released: August 30,2005 Chart Positions: #20 U.S., #14 UK, #11 AUS U.S. Sales: 670,758 Worldwide sales: 889, 112 RIAA Certifcation: Gold
T.O.N.Y. (Currently Just a Rumor) Released: 2007 Chart Positions: N/A U.S. Sales: N/A Worldwide sales: N/A RIAA Certifcation: N/A

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions				Album
		US Hot 100	US R&B/Hip-Hop	US Rap	UK Singles Chart
2005	"So Seductive" (feat. 50 Cent)	#48	#7	#12	#28	Thoughts of a Predicate Felon
2005	"Curious" (feat. Joe)	-	#85	-	-	Thoughts of a Predicate Felon
2005	"Pimpin"	-	#66	-	-	Thoughts of a Predicate Felon
2005	"I Know You Don't Love Me" (feat. 50 Cent, Young Buck, & Lloyd Banks)	- Street Single (Played Mostly On New York Radio Stations such as Hot 97 and Power 105	-	-	-	Thoughts of a Predicate Felon
2005	"Drama Setter" (feat. Eminem & Obie Trice)	- Street Single (Played Mostly On New York Radio Stations such as Hot 97 and Power 105	-	-	-	Thoughts of a Predicate Felon

External links

• Tony Yayo Official Site
• G-Unit Records