Yolanda ‘Yo-Yo’ Whitaker continues to defy the odds. 

Not only is she a rap pioneer and someone who has long pushed the needle for female empowerment forward, this superstar also throws down in the kitchen, and Yo-Yo’s latest era allows fans a front seat to witness her throwing down in the kitchen!

In 2023, she kicked off the first season of Downright Delicious With Yo-Yo, a fun-filled series airing on aspireTV, where Yo-Yo whips up her favorite dishes, cocktails, and desserts alongside close family and friends.

The highly anticipated new season, which premiered on Oct. 16, includes special appearances from Naughty by Nature’s Vinnie Brown, Loved to Death actor Tobias Truvillion, and, of course, her mother, affectionately known as Momma Mia.

After seeing her dominate hip-hop, Yo-Yo is now serving it up in the kitchen, dishing the details oln how sharing her culinary side has changed how she shows up as a woman outside of music, the meal she makes when trying to impress someone, and the “Don’t Play With My Yo-Yo” emcee even spills the tea on that meal that will get you that ring (listen up ladies).

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Embracing Her Femininity Through Cooking.

“The transition was already happening in my life, just being more present,” Yo-Yo told Madamenoire. 

“Being more vulnerable, humbling myself enough to take out the middleman in my life, and I think me taking out the middleman in my life has allowed me to show up for myself, show up for my family, be more involved, and being more involved in the kitchen, which I’ve always done, and me surrendering to God, asking God for more, and God gave me a cooking show. [He] sat my butt right on down. Now, I’m rapping in the kitchen. It’s a full circle for me, from radio to cooking to hip-hop — community, working with youth, my hip-hop literacy program. It’s just really full-circle. A whole generation of people who knew nothing about me gets a chance to see me on aspireTV.”

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