Born Da’mario Donshay Horne-McCullough on May 11, 1994, in Flint, Michigan, Rio
Da Yung OG began recording music as a teenager and emerged professionally during
the late 2010s as the first rapper signed to Peezy’s Ghetto Boyz Entertainment.
His conversational delivery, dark humor, punchline-heavy writing, and largely
chorus-free songs over piano-led production helped define the Flint branch of
Michigan rap. During a period of house arrest in 2019, he released seven
projects, including 2 Faced and entries in the Dum and Dumber series with
frequent collaborator RMC Mike. The former...