Marvin Bernard (born March 31, 1978), better known by his stage name Tony Yayo is an American rapper and member of the rap group G-Unit.
50 Cent was granted his own record label by Dr. Dre and released the album Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Soon after the group had established their own record label, G-Unit Records, G-Unit released their first official group album Beg for Mercy in November 2003, which went on to be certified 3x Platinum in the United ...
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Marvin Bernard (born March 31, 1978), better known by his stage name Tony Yayo is an American rapper and member of the rap group G-Unit.
50 Cent was granted his own record label by Dr. Dre and released the album Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Soon after the group had established their own record label, G-Unit Records, G-Unit released their first official group album Beg for Mercy in November 2003, which went on to be certified 3x Platinum in the United States.
When Yayo was incarcerated, G-Unit began a campaign called "Free Yayo". Many G-Unit videos featured the group's members wearing "Free Yayo" T-shirts, but Yayo himself was unaware of the attention he was receiving; as prison inmates would not let him watch music videos on television as they wanted to watch sports. When Eminem and 50 Cent were scheduled to make an appearance during the Grammy Awards, he begged to change the channel. It was the first time he saw a "Free Yayo" shirt - this time worn by Eminem.
Though his appearances on...
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