Yung Rizzo

Jose Dace Dumlao III (born August 4, 1986), known professionally as Yung Rizzo, is an Filipino-American Hip Hop artist, producer, and songwriter from San Jose, CA. Yung Rizzo began emerging after his appearance on Filipino televised networks GMA Network and RHTV. 
On June 27, 2020 his song “Still Here” entered the Spotify charts and debuted on Spotify Viral 50 (Philippines) subsequently being prominently featured on Spotify editorial playlists. Dumlao has engaged with a variety of audiences which include the Filipino hip hop community on Heavy Rotation on myxRADIO (myx TV) on Dash Radio. He was unremittingly on Heavy Rotation’s Top 10 on myxRADIO on Dash Radio and according to De Anza College publication, La Voz News, became Top 5 songs by Asian and Pacific Islander Artists.
==Early life==
Yung Rizzo was born and raised in Bay Area, San Jose, California. His parents emigrated to Lihue, Hawaii from the Philippines, then later moved to California. He attended San Jose State University where he received a Bachelor degree in Sociology in December 2009. In college, he volunteered at after-school programs tutoring elementary school students and has since been involved with helping underserved students within the community.
During an interview with Arizona State University publication, The State Press, he stated, "Next thing you know, I’m in the studio listening to beats, recording tracks, and touring different cities."
==Music career==
===2007–2010===
In 2007, Rizzo released his first mixtape No Looking Back, the project was a street album due to it containing only original songs. The mixtape included "The Rain" which was his first song to be featured on airwaves, it was made available only physical copies via his official website but later was available on Datpiff.com. No Looking Back was recently re-uploaded to DatPiff. 
He released his single "Let Go", the song was showcased during an interview on KSJS (90.5 FM).. The music video was released on Vevo and later featured on WorldStarHipHop 
Yung Rizzo has collaborated with music industry producers such as Vybe Beatz and artists such as hip hop’s own The Jacka, Mistah F.A.B., and others.
===2011–2013===
Yung Rizzo began to tour nationally and overseas in the Philippines and was a special guest at several music festivals across Luzon, which eventually landed a tour with SM Prime. According to a recent article in Philippine Showbiz Republic, Dumlao mentions, “Whether its national or international, wherever the people want to see me tour, I’m always happy to give them a live performance.”
He released “Game Over" mastered by Tony DawseyDiscogs.com: Game Over by Yung Rizzo and has dedicated the sales of iTunes towards charity by those affected by natural disasters. This announcement was aired on televised networks GMA Network and RHTV when Yung Rizzo was interviewed by John Nite and German Moreno of GMA in their show Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman.
===2018–Present===
After hiatus he revisited projects he had been working on throughout preceding years and re-released some music.
The explicit version of "Game Over" was re-released, which never surfaced during the initial radio edit release in 2010.Yung Rizzo Released The Dynamic Hit “Game Over”. Buzz-Music.com (2019-05-24). Retrieved on 2019-05-24. The song appeared on Spotify’s editorial playlist New Music Friday Philippines. The song entered and peaked at #13 on the iTunes (Philippines) chart on July 13, 2020.
Upon releasing a visual for his single, "Still Here", the song was added to numerous playlist by Spotify editorial which led to a spot on Spotify’s Viral 50 (Philippines). The music video was premiered on countless blogs such as ThisIs50
The song “I Got You” also entered the iTunes charts at number 37 on July 8, 2020 and peaked at number 12.
==Other ventures==
===Fashion designing===
Yung Rizzo also has a clothing line which is branded off his self-owned label, Fly High Music Group.
==Discography==
===Mixtapes===
Year	Mixtape 	Label
2007	No Looking Back	Fly High Music Group
===Singles===
Year	Song 	Album 	Label 	Notes
2007	Rain 	NA 	Fly High Music Group	Mixtape on Datpiff.com
2008	Let Go 	NA 	Fly High Music Group	
2010	Game Over (Radio Edit)	NA 	Fly High Music Group	
2019	Game Over 	NA 	Fly High Music Group	Debuted No. 13 and peaked No. 13 on iTunes Chart (Philippines) Top 200
2019	Deja Vu (with Joyce) )	NA 	Fly High Music Group	
2020	I Got You (with Joyce)	Great Minds	Fly High Music Group	Debuted No. 34 and peaked No. 12 on iTunes Chart (Philippines) Top 200
2020	No Mercy 	Great Minds	Fly High Music Group	
2020	Still Here 	Great Minds	Fly High Music Group	No. 50 on Spotify Charts Viral 50 and No. 11 on iTunes Chart (Philippines) Top 200
===EP===
Year	EP 	Label
2019	Mindset	Fly High Music Group
===Albums===
Year	Album 	Label
2020	Great Minds 	Fly High Music Group
2021	DUMLAO (with Mistah F.A.B., Turf Talk)	Fly High Music Group
==In the media==
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== References ==
==External links==
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* Yung Rizzo on spotify
* Yung Rizzo on tidal
* Yung Rizzo on music apple
* Yung Rizzo on soundcloud
* Yung Rizzo | Discography | Discogs
* Yung Rizzo - Listen on Deezer | Music Streaming
* Fly High Music Group Artist Yung Rizzo ... - WFMJ.com
* Mindset by Yung Rizzo on Amazon Music - Amazon.com
Category:1986 births
Category:Living people
Category:American hip hop musicians
Category:American rappers of Asian descent
Category:American rappers of Filipino descent
Category:Filipino rappers
Category:21st-century American rappers