Tony Yayo Promotes Literacy, Teen’s Mother Outraged

Tuesday, March 11, 2008
By: Kenny Rodriguez

Tony Yayo has announced he is joining the fight against teen illiteracy – but while the G-Unit artist sees it as charity, one mother is calling it an “outrage.”

Yayo, born Marvin Bernard, is helping to launch a community book tour in New York City as part of his court-ordered community service, stemming from a guilty plea for the assault of a teenager.

The 29-year-old rapper allegedly smacked a 14-year-old boy in a 2007 incident, and the teen’s mother, Cynthia Reed, is speaking out against Yayo’s supposed charity work.

“It is irresponsible that Mr. Yayo is being presented as a role model to the same people he victimized and plead guilty in a court of law to having assaulted,” Reed said in a press statement.

Reed also blames the Book Bank Foundation, a non-profit organization which helps homeless youth, and its founder Glenn Toby for agreeing to work with Yayo.

“Shame on you, Glen Toby, for letting Marvin Bernard’s punishment look like willful charity,” Reed said.

A few months ago, Yayo initially denied all charges against him, but this past February he pled guilty to harassment and was ordered to complete 10 days of community service.

And although he admits to being there when an associate hit the teen, Yayo insists he rushed to the boy’s side to help him.

Yayo is scheduled to visit various schools and homeless shelters in New York until the end of this week.

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Rrrriiighhhhttttt yayo... Im sure you were just devistated by the incident. Even if you didnt do it i doubt you ran to his side to help! its so easy to tell a bold faced lie... Other than that, i think the punishment fit the crime... I think the boys mother just wants more publicity. After all she is married to jimmy henchmen...

Posted by 77block

Elephant in the sand here we come! !

Posted by blackey chan

What the is her problem, other than the fact he is lyingabout what he did. At least he is doing something black youth especialy could use some help in. I'd rather see him helping others read than building a playground. Maybe it the fact he is doing something for the homeless instead of her

Posted by captian slap a hoe

Shut up u slut, e aint evn slap your stupid ass son man shut d F*ck up-get a job...

Posted by conall

You know what, even if he didnt slap the lil boy, i bet you he told someone to do it... That lil kid hadda have been wildin out to get biatch slapped hard enough to press charges. He probably needed to keep his lil mouth shut fo a second. Not sayin its right, but sh*t, everyone need a ass whoopin sometimes...

Posted by MoNeT-eLySe

^she has a job! shes the first black woman regional manager for general electric! better shut up before you be sittin in the dark burnin candles n!gga! you dont pay no bills.. They probably bout to cut yo sh!t off tomorrow anyway. (lol)

Posted by ^coRnBall

I'm hopin yayo takes some time to enroll in the literacy program himself,he needs it!!!

Posted by Actual Shawn Corleone

Tony yayo is a b itch. He slapped that boy who might of deserved it but thats besides the point. Then went and paid off some other guy to take the blame for it so he wouldnt get locked up. The sad part is hes only helpin out cuz of community service. If he was a real man wit the money 50 givin him then he would donate all the time to people who aint as lucky to be healthy or have a home or any other charitys. He aint a real man or else he would man up to what he did to that boy. Take the charges he deserve. F ck yayo.

Posted by Dipset South

Why errybody gotta say da innacent da first time and da second time da at mit to it.........F*ck*n shame ownup punk ass n*ggas

Posted by yung-n-black

I "at mit" that i need those literacy lessons myself!!

Posted by Actual Shawn Corleone

That's some bit*h ish to slap up a kid for just wearing a logo shirt(murder inc i believe it was). I wonder if duke can even read?lol how can you folks even try and clown the mom? show some respect.

Posted by Braide-O

Thats f*ucked up for slappin dat boy. He probaly only did it because he knows murder inc be bringin it to the whole g-unit

Posted by Beech life

Word! that's what's up! he beat that stupid @ss rap! good for you yayo! keep up the good work slappin round these youngsta thinkin they can fvck wit uh grown mans business! fvck that lil mvfvcka mother! Bia'ch he off! now what! go suck uh d!ck!!! g gg g g g unit! fvck all yall d!ck suckin @ss hatin @ss nigg@z!

Posted by shortybeebop380

^^attention responsible parents!!! if you let your children listen to g-unit they'll wind up talkin like this disrespectful bastard above^^ as you can see his mama aint sh!t,his daddy aint sh!t therefore he aint sh!t! we have got to do better!

Posted by ATTENTION responsible parents!!!!!

From the way she is running her mouth i can see why someone slapped her son.

Posted by Natturner

Peace & blessings. It's called justice and freedom for all. We all make mistakes, but it"s up to us to forgive, if you cant forgive tony for what he has done, then you have no heart, anything that anyone is trying to do for today's youth has a plus in my book for the simple fact that noone else cares, and it's showing them that we care.

Posted by MoonShine

Wow!! d!s n!gg slapped a k!d and he's now a sponsor for !ll!teracy...... Maybe he's !ll!terate and needs to be schooled w!t da rest of k!ds he sponsor!ng??.... That's the only th!ng ! can th!nk of....

Posted by !! do !!t b!!gg ya d!!gg

I can honestly feel where the mother is comming from! tony is supposed to a grown man even if this boy was running off at the mouth, he had no right to put his hands on someone else's child. He did the most irresponsible thing and now he want to present himself as a responsible caring adult. Yeah right!!!!!!! a publicity stunt at it's best!

Posted by Kyoka, AL

Henchmen son got slapped cuz he wuz wearin a gunot shirt and talkin stuff cuz he thinkin since he a kid he wouldnt get touched im 15 n i dun fought grown people, in da hood if u big enough to throw hands den u big enough to take n if u from da hood u no datz tru g-unit Bia'ch

Posted by g-unitsouf-htown