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| I interviewed Rapper YO and, since I listened to his songs before the interview, I was surprised as anyone when I found out he was white. The following is the conversation him and I had recently at Kentucky Fried Chicken: YO: Aight, Cracka, let's get on wit dis. I gots shit ta do. DM: Did you just call me a Cracker? JS: Yeah, I did. What you gonna do Whitey? DM: You realize you are white, right? I did my research and I found out you came from the suburbs, too. JS: The color of my skin is just that. It don't make me be watchin' Friends or shoppin' at the Gap. DM: I understand. Ok, so let's get down to it. This is all a whole big joke, right? You don't expect to be a rapper, right? JS: What the fu-- is this sh--? Listen, this sh-- is serious, no joke. And I know I'm gonna succeed. You see, Dr. Dre has Eminem. Timbaland |
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| has Bubba Sparxxx and I heard Puffy had some white rapper up in a Dream video, so I think I got my choice of either Master P or Jermaine Dupri. I'm thinking both of those guys are lookin' for a white rapper, and I'm their man. DM: Interesting. Ok, so I was listening to your songs before and I realized you seem to get into a lot of fights. Have you actually ever been in a fight before? JS: Well, how do you define 'fight'? DM: Like a boxing match, punches thrown. |
| JS: Well....uh...well, I guess not exactly then, if you define it like that then. A guy grabbed my neck once at a club, though. DM: Well, that's great. Another thing that I notice in many of your songs is the overwhelming feeling that you get a lot of girls. Can you explain this? JS: Ya know how it is, Whitey, I gots ta rap the truth. DM: But you just told me you lie about fighting in your songs. JS: Ah, yeah, that's correct. DM: So what's your answer? JS: Uh huh, exactly. DM: You're not really responding to my--you know what, nevermind, let's just move on. In the song Not Duckin' you seem to trash or as you would say "dis" Eminem. Wouldn't you want to model yourself after him or at least be nice to him? JS: I don't really fu--in' care what Eminem thinks. He's a decent rapper, but the comparison between him and I begins and ends with the color of our skin. DM: I agree, he's actually good, too. So anyway, what is the origin of your name and how do you respond to the criticism that you copied Ja Rule? JS: I had the name YO ever since 1997. I never even heard of Ja Rule then, he was nobody. People used to ask how I knew something or how I did something and I'd just reply "Ja Skillz". DM: So, Ja, how do you respond to the dozens upon dozens of women who call you sexist and the women's rights groups that are boycotting you because your use of the word "Ho"? JS: Well I use the word "Ho" cause that's what they are and for every girl that thinks I'm sexist there's ten that think I'm sexy. DM: You have a song titled Cops Are on the Chase. I would just like you to explain your run-ins with the law and how you seem to have come to hate cops? JS: Well, I did get pulled over five times. And those f--kers gave me tickets twice. DM: Yeah, damn the man! You should be pissed! I mean forty percent of the time you got a ticket. That's unjust. So, what can we expect out of YO in the near future. Debut Album? New Single? JS: Well right now I'm workin' on a new track called WNY, it's about where I'm from. Then after that I plan to be the first rapper to make a song about the sport of golf. And I would say within 6 months there should be my first album, right now untitled. DM: (Sarcastically) Well I'll be waiting in line for that one. |