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| Birth name | Teyon Isiah Winfree |
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| Born | March 13, 1985 |
| Origin | Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
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| Years active | 2000–present |
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Teyon Isiah Winfree[2] (born March 13, 1985), better known by his stage name Vado (backronym for Violence And Drugs Only),[3] is an American rapper from New York. He formed the hip hop duo U.N. (Us Now) with hometown native Cam'ron in 2009, with whom he has released two collaborative albums—Heat in Here Vol. 1 (2010) and Gunz n' Butta (2011)—and the Boss of All Bosses mixtape series. As a solo act, Vado signed with DJ Khaled's We the Best Music Group, an imprint of Cash Money and Republic Records in 2013 to release his debut commercial single, "My Bae" (featuring Jeremih) the following year. Despite failing to chart, Vado made notable guest appearances on Khaled's studio albums We the Best Forever (2011), Suffering from Success (2013), and I Changed a Lot (2015); he continued releasing mixtapes for the regional New York audience until departing We the Best by 2020.[4][5]