Michigan rapper Rio Da Yung OG has a direct style that aims for gut-punching bars more than hooky choruses or anything resembling pop structure. Sticking to high-powered, often-confrontational street raps, the prolific artist released new projects frequently as he got his name out there, delivering multiple new mixtapes in a single year, or standout releases like 2020 album City on My Back and 2021's Fiend Lives Matter.

Rio Da Yung OG comes from Flint, Michigan, and began rapping as early as 2018. Over the next few years, he took on a highly productive work ethic, releasing numerous mixtapes and standalone tracks like the 2019 collaboration with RMC Mike, "Dum N Dumbber3," and 2021's "Murder Mitten Babies." His first studio album, City on My Back, was released in 2020 and included features from Icewear Vezzo and Babyface Ray. Despite some trouble with the law and a subsequent jail sentence in early 2021, Rio Da Yung OG continued steadily releasing new music throughout that year, teaming up with a host of other rappers for the group tape Back from Michigan and going it alone on the shorter Fiend Lives Matter. Throughout 2022 he released mostly singles. ~ TiVo Staff, Rovi