Joell Ortiz Explains Origins Of 'Yaowa,' Preps New Mixtape

'It's a term of endearment around my way,' he tells Mixtape Daily of the invented word.By Shaheem Reid Joell Ortiz Photo: MTV News The O.D.: A Mixtape Daily Exclusive Brooklyn's Joell Ortiz now has one of the most recognizable call-outs in hip-hop. If you're not familiar, after his mixtape drops this month, you'll be saying: "Yaowa!" "I got so many meanings of yaowa, it's crazy," Ortiz laughed. "First, it's used as a term of endearment for dudes around my way. How you say, 'What up...

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