Yo Momma (TV series)
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"Yo Momma" redirects here. For the use of mothers in taunts, see Mother insult


Yo Momma was an American
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 reality television
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 game show
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. Creators, executive producers and hosts are Wilmer Valderrama
Wilmer Valderrama
Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama is an American actor and television personality, known for the role of Fez in the sitcom That '70s Show, hosting the MTV series Yo Momma, and voicing the character of Manny in the children's show Handy Manny.-Early life:Valderrama was born in Miami, Florida the son of...

, along with Sam Sarpong
Sam Sarpong
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 (Seasons 1 and 2), Jason Everhart and Destiny Lightsy
Destiny Lightsy
Destiny Lightsy is an American actress, singer and dancer who serves as the co-host for the third season of MTV's reality game show Yo Momma, hosted by Wilmer Valderrama.Destiny has appeared in the movies You Got Served, Fat Albert and Pissed...

.

Season 1: Los Angeles

  • Week One: Method Man
    Method Man
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  • Week Two: Mike Jones
  • Week Three: Chingy
    Chingy
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  • Week Four: Ne-Yo
    Ne-Yo
    Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Ne-Yo penned the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario...

  • Best of LA: The mommas were selected as the jury for the hosts

Season 2: New York City

  • Week One (Brooklyn): Jadakiss
    Jadakiss
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  • Week Two (Manhattan): E-40
    E-40
    Earl Stevens , better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and investor from Vallejo, California. He is also part of the rap group The Click and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. His solo debut album, Federal, was released in November 1992, after The Click's debut...

  • Week Three (Bronx): Fat Joe
    Fat Joe
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  • Week Four (Queens): Chamilionaire
  • Best of NY: As was the case in Season One, the mommas of the weekly runner-ups were jury members.

Season 3: Atlanta

  • Week One: Ying Yang Twins
    Ying Yang Twins
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  • Week Two: Bow Wow
  • Week Three: Jermaine Dupri
    Jermaine Dupri
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  • Week Four: Frankie J
    Frankie J
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  • Best of Atlanta: Again, the mommas of the weekly runner-ups served as the jury for the head-to-head semi-finals.

The Yo Momma Online Network

In conjunction with Yo Momma, MTV launched YoMomma.tv, a Web 2.0
Web 2.0
The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web...

community dedicated to increasing viewer engagement with the program, and heavily promoted during Yo Momma episodes. Site users construct a profile and upload their own Yo Momma jokes (or "disses"), and attempt to boost their rankings on the site by challenging other users to "Battles," exchanges of uploaded disses between two users. Both disses and Battles are voted on by the user community.

A corollary feature is "Let's Bully," which allows users to send insults over e-mail using an avatar of the user's face superimposed over modifiable clip art. The Let's Bully feature was the subject of an article in Adweek Magazine.
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