Rio Da Yung OG, the Flint, Michigan rapper, has just dropped his highly anticipated album RIO FREE, marking his first major release since being freed after serving nearly four years in prison. This ...

Rio Da Yung OG has dropped his first new music since being released from prison this week. "Rio Free" arrives alongside a video showing the Flint, Michigan rapper enjoying his first day of freedom, ...

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In 2021, Rio Da Yung OG was sentenced to five years in prison after he plead guilty to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. On Wednesday (Dec. 11), the Michigan rapper was ...

The hilariously disrespectful Flint, Michigan rapper Rio Da Yung OG's career was just starting to take off when he pleaded guilty to firearms possession, receiving a five-year prison sentence. Last ...