Better known by his stage name, Fivio Foreign, Maxie Lee Ryles III said 2024 is all about being intentional.
“My mind changed. My thought process changed. My desires is different. My conversations is different,” the platinum rapper said in a recent BET interview. “Everything got to be useful.”
Speaking about his upcoming Fivio Foreign music release, Ryles said, “Now in my life, I’m more intentional about the things I do, the things I say, how I look.”
“You gotta be intentional,” the rapper said. “You gotta know what you want.”
Spoiled in the game
While Ryles stressed intention, the star said, “You gotta put that work in.”
The father of three, including two daughters he said, “run all over me,” 33-year-old Ryles is happy with what he’s becoming.
“I went through a phase. I was kinda spoiled in the game … now I got to think of things and have a strategy. I don’t like to lose,” Ryles said.
Looking to make a point
With his music and his life, Ryles is looking to make a point.
“Sometimes people think you don’t know nothing. Sometimes you got to show it,” he said.
For Fivio Foreign, “relationships makes it easier to make the music.”
“I want to be more like relationships where it vibes with you to do a song,” Ryles said.
Focus on the family
Ryles said beyond music, his focus is family. “I’m focusing my energy on my family. I got kids so that’s where my energy is at,” he stressed.
When it comes to love, Ryles admits he’s not great at expressing love in words, but in deeds.
“If you stop hearing from me and I stop arguing with you, it’s like I kind of gave up,” he said. “Friends, family, relationship wise, I’m not really good at reminding people how I feel about them,” Ryles said.
Keeping faith
Beyond his extraordinary raw talent and hard work, faith keeps Fivio Foreign going. “I pray every day, all day,” he said.