Marvin Bernard (born March 31, 1978), better known by his stage name Tony Yayo, is a rapper and member of the hip hop group G-Unit. Tony Yayo was brought up in South Jamaica, Queens, New York and is longtime friends with 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks. He is signed to 50 Cent's record label G-Unit Records and recently signed a deal with EMI to release his second untitled album. He is CEO to the label G-Unit Philly. His stage name is derived from the 1983 film Scarface, referencing the character Tony Montana and the slang word for cocaine.
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I really don't care if it sells or generates any money towards Interscope, because Interscope only cares about three people: Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent. I'm not going to sit here and grow grey hairs over it. I'm gonna give you the best music possible because 50 is going to make sure I'm all right. I can do five shows with 50 and make over $100,000 being his hypeman. So me going on tour with 50, I can generate millions of dollars that a artist would make doing shows off their own album. - On his upcoming second album, 'Godfather of the Ghetto'. [2007]
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Working on his debut album scheduled for a May 2005 release. [February 2005]
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Denies chances of a G-Unit reunion with Game and Young Buck. [August 2010]
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Released his debut album, "Thoughts of a Predicate Felon" on August 30th, 2005. [August 2005]
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His debut album 'Thoughts of a Predicate Felon' has been certified platinum.
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His stage name "Tony", stands for Talk Of New York
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Has a daughter named Maniyah, whom was born in 2003.
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Was incarcerated in Rikers Island on a gun charge. The day after his release he was arrested again for violating his parole.
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