There's no way Drake came up with Yolo ... because "Shark Tank" mogul Daymond John did -- and he's got some evidence to back up his claim. Our photog was talking pop culture slang with John in NYC this past weekend when he spelled it out for Drizzy ... Y-o-l-o is his. He claims he dropped it first on "Shark Tank" back in 2009 ... then Drake copped it for "The Motto" -- and eventually even Obama picked it up.
- 2/16/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Surprisingly, Vanity Fair’s terrific Oral History of Yolo, is Not exclusively a bunch of bros yelling “Yolo” before jumping into a coffee table at a frat party (full disclosure: I’ve never been to a frat party).
Using the Lonely Island’s Digital Short as a jumping-off point, the magazine detailed the rise (and death?) of the phrase (word?) that has populated so many hashtagging sprees and been the cause of so many minor injuries.
The biggest revelations from the piece were 1. basically everyone started saying Yolo accidentally 2. it’s still pretty fun to hear academics try to define the zeitgeist using terrible trends.
Using the Lonely Island’s Digital Short as a jumping-off point, the magazine detailed the rise (and death?) of the phrase (word?) that has populated so many hashtagging sprees and been the cause of so many minor injuries.
The biggest revelations from the piece were 1. basically everyone started saying Yolo accidentally 2. it’s still pretty fun to hear academics try to define the zeitgeist using terrible trends.
- 2/8/2013
- by Sarah Caldwell
- EW.com - PopWatch
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