ayo

A greeting.

"Ayo, Red. It's the homie Spits on the jack for you, blood." "Ayo, homeboy," said Red as he excitedly picked up the telephone receiver. "What's up, fool?"

“Ayo, wassup, girl,” he said to Keisha as he continued to walk toward the back area where I stood. […] “Ayo, wassup, playa?

Used to imply that what was said is inappropriate, perhaps sexually so.

Ayo, what'd you just say?

A type of mancala strategy game played by the Yoruba.

Initialism of are you OK?.