Biography: YB, Ya Boy, Ya Kid K, Yella, Yes Boss, Ying Yang Twins, Yo Gotti, Yo Majesty, Yo-Yo, Yoga Frog,

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He raps in English and if it wasn’t for the occasional odd pronunciation, he could be from the Bronx, but YB is in fact Danish He released one album of dance-friendly party rap in 1992, I Am What I Am

Consistently maintaining intact his self-assured and cocky attitude, West Coast gangsta rapper Ya Boy quickly made the right connections in the industry as a developing MC in the Bay Area’s independent rap scene

Ya Kid K was born Manuela Barbara Moasco Kamosi in Zaire, 1973 By the time she was 11, Kamosi had moved to Belgium From there she traveled to Chicago, arriving in the Windy City just in time for the mid-’80s underground house music boom

Antoine Carraby went on to become the least vocal but longest-lasting member of the controversial rap group known as NWA Calling himself DJ Yella (from the Tom Tom Club’s “Mr

Combining their influences of indie rock, techno, and hip-hop, Yes Boss stormed Britain’s dance/garage underground with a string of vinyl singles in 2006 Based in Leeds, England, the tag team of vocalist/rapper Noah (born Noah Brown) and electro beat-maker Gavron (born Gavin Lawson) received a lot more airplay on radio and in notable dance clubs than typical indie artists, thanks to the help of their label, Dance to the Radio

Ying Yang Twins Biography, Photos, Pictures

Atlanta’s party rap duo Ying Yang Twins scored a hit with the single “Whistle While You Twurk,” which received nationwide airplay on urban and crossover radio stations

Yo Gotti is among the many hardcore rappers who came out of hip-hop’s Dirty South school in the late ’90s He is also one of the hip-hoppers who derives part of his stage name from the late New York mafioso John Gotti; others have included Big Gotti, Don Gotti, Juan Gotti, Bazooka Joe Gotti, and Irv Gotti

Tampa, FL-based group Yo Majesty — Shunda K, Shon B, and Jwl B — turns upside down the male chauvinist standard in hip-hop music with a hardcore female bravado Adopting an almost punk approach to a hybrid of Southern crunk and ’80s-styled electro, the openly, and defiantly, gay trio gained notoriety in the 2000s for their sex-filled rhymes and boisterous and unbridled live shows

Yo-Yo (born Yolanda Whitaker) has been among the most sophisticated and unpredictable female rappers around She doesn’t take an overtly feminist tack but urges young women to show sexual restraint and use their minds as well as their bodies

Yoga Frog was one of the lesser-known members of the world-renowned Bay Area DJ collective the Invisibl Skratch Piklz He rarely performed with the group in public or on record, instead concentrating more on the collective’s business affairs

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