The American rapper known as Fivio Foreign was born Maxie Lee Ryles III in New
York on March 29, 1990. He began performing under the stage name Lite Fivio in
2011 and made his recording debut with a handful of cameos on tracks by fellow
rappers Ether and Yelz Feva. In 2013, he changed his name to Fivio Foreign after
forming the hip-hop collective 800 Foreign Side with a couple of friends.
However, it was the 2019 breakthrough hit "Big Drip" that thrust him into the
spotlight, helping him land a joint record deal between Mase's RichFish Records
and Columbia Records. The single was...