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and

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. He is signed to fellow New York rapper

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's RichFish Records and

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. In May 2020, Ryles was featured on

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's song "

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", which charted at 34 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, earning him his first ''Billboard''-charting single. Later that month, he collaborated with

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and Pop Smoke on the song "Zoo York", which peaked at 65 on the Hot 100. In August 2021, he reached further recognition through his feature on

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's single " Off the Grid", from West's tenth studio album '' Donda'', which peaked at number 11 on the Hot 100. Fivio Foreign's debut album ''

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'' was released on April 8, 2022.

Early life

Ryles was born and raised in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn. He started rapping under the name "Lite Fivio" in 2011. In 2013, he changed his name to Fivio Foreign and formed a music collective with his friends under the name 800 Foreign Side.

Career

Ryles started gaining traction after the release of his single "Big Drip". The song was featured on his 2019

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''Pain and Love'' and '' 800 B.C.'' In November, he signed a Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollar record deal with

, in conjunction with American rapper

's record label RichFish Records. In May 2020, Ryles earned his first two ''Billboard''-charting singles, with features on "Demons" by

and "Zoo York" by

. The same month, Ryles launched the non-profit organization Foreignside Foundation, "geared towards providing beneficial resources and programs for at-risk youth, the homeless, current and former gang-affiliated individuals, incarcerated individuals". On August 11, 2020, Ryles was included on '' XXL''s 2020 Freshman Class. Throughout the rest 2020, he appeared on a number of songs by other artists, including

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' "Spicy", Tory Lanez's "K Lo K",

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's "That's a Fact (Remix)", and King Von's "I Am What I Am". In November 2020, he released the single "Trust". He also released the Christmas song "Baddie on My Wish List" on December 3, as part of

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's holiday project ''Carols Covered''. In 2021, He appeared on

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" with Kanye West and

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, which was dedicated to his late friend T-Dott Woo. On the same day, the release date for his album ''B.I.B.L.E.'' was revealed to be March 25, 2022, but was eventually pushed back to April 8, 2022. On March 18, he released the second single for the album, "Magic City" featuring

. On April 8, ''B.I.B.L.E.'' was released with features by

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, Lil Yachty, Lil Tjay, and more. The album debuted at number 9 on the

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, with 29,000 equivalent album units derived from 37.75 million streams, but only 1,000 pure album sales. Ryles and fellow Brooklyn rapper

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traded barbs and boasts about their chart successes on social media, comparing Ryles's ''B.I.B.L.E.'' with 6ix9ine's '' TattleTales'' album from 2020, which hit number 4 on the same chart but dropped to number 60 the next week. In July 2022 Ryles revealed in an interview that he was signed by Mase Into RichFish Records for only $5,000 and was still in the deal.

Personal life

In 2016, Ryles's mother died from a stroke. Ryles has two kids with his ex girlfriend. He also has a son with a woman, whom he cares for Ryles was friends with the late Pop Smoke and King Von who were both murdered in 2020. He was also close friends with T-Dott Woo, who was murdered on February 1, 2022. In 2022, a Florida rapper known as Mellow Rack revealed that Fivio and herself are in a romantic relationship just weeks after Fivio broke up with his longtime girlfriend Jasmine

Discography

* ''

'' (2022)

Awards and nominations

References

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