A true Atlanta “Grady Baby”, YaYo was a star in his city long before rapping. Better known as Bean in his Allen Temple neighborhood, he was a promising basketball player throughout his middle and high school years. However growing up in an environment where “survival of the fittest” is the unspoken theme, teenage YaYo found himself trying to make ends meet by any means necessary which lead to him losing his basketball scholarship opportunities, so he started writing raps as a way to release frustrations. What began as a therapeutic way to pass the time has turned into not only a primary goal for YaYo, but a dream he intends to make real by any means necessary.
Known for making club ready, hook driven, ghetto beating anthems about getting money, YaYo is a rapper/writer who stays true to his street roots. Still one of his most popular songs, “Everything for the Money” symbolizes an important message. “I motivate people to do what they got to do to get the money,” Ya-Yo says. “I’m kind of a core person for these young street ni**as comin’ up. I’m trying to show them how to handle their money...how to get it and keep it.”
Recently releasing his debut mixtape “The Big Picture” hosted by DJ Smallz of Fear Factor Music Group in January 2012 and promoting the lead single “All I See Is Hundreds” featuring Future (Epic), YaYo and his label home 2865Boss Entertainment have been hitting the pavement and the internet determined to make sure the world learns YaYo’s name and respects his movement. From surviving in the streets to making noise in the music industry, he acknowledges that both games are equally intense, but motivated and moving strategically like when he was playing ball, YaYo doesn’t just play the game, he plays to Win...
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