Greedo

DALLAS —  The Dallas sky is still half-dark when the black Escalade rolls into the gated community to pick up 03 Greedo. It’s shortly before 8 a.m. on March 16 — the Watts rapper’s first full day as a free man, after nearly a half-decade trapped in the Texas penitentiary system.A dozen hours from now, Greedo, who once described his sound as “emo music for gangbangers,” will perform at Billboard’s SXSW party in Austin, heralding a messianically awaited return.“The last time I saw you, we was living,” Greedo, 35, says…

03 Greedo has released the new mixtape Halfway There, his first release since getting out of prison.The tape features appearances from Rich the Kid, Babyface Ray, Maxo Kream, Ty Dolla Sign, and others, and serves as the follow-up to Greedo’s Free 03 project from January. Halfway There is the California rapper’s comeback after being freed from the Texas prison where he’d been incarcerated since 2018, having agreed to a plea deal for gun and drug charges.The 35-year-old faced a possible 300-year sentence due to first-degree…

03 Greedo is finally coming home, and he’s got a new project to celebrate his impending release from prison.Entirely produced by Mike Free, Free 03 sees Greedo collaborate with the likes of BlueBucksClan, OhGeesy, KenTheMan, and the late Drakeo The Ruler. The project serves as a follow-up to 2020’s Load It Up Vol. 01 with RONRONTHEPRODUCER, although he dropped the 03 Inna Key EP in 2021.The new music comes as the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has confirmed Greedo, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2018…