Yo-Yo Mendez is a supporting character portrayed by Shawn McLean. He is a Newark, New Jersey based drug dealer and an associate of the DiMeo crime family.
Biography[]
Mendez worked as a drug dealer in Newark, New Jersey, and he paid points to DiMeo crime family associate Christopher Moltisanti. In 1998, DiMeo capo Junior Soprano moved in on Moltisanti's territory and had Yo-Yo pay up to him instead, and Moltisanti later confronted Yo-Yo about his lack of a collection. Moltisanti beat Yo-Yo on his street corner and told him that he would cut off his thumbs if he did not continue paying him instead of Junior Soprano.