Īs of 2019, Rizzo has never been exclusive to any single agency. The instance led to Rizzo demanding equal pay for tops and bottoms in the industry. After being asked to work with studio BlacksOnBoys in January 2020, Rizzo declined, later revealing via Twitter that the studio paid performers who bottomed significantly less than performers who topped, and that the studio originally offered him between $400 and $500. In 2018, Rizzo was the second-most searched-for gay porn actor on Pornhub, becoming the third-most searched in 2018. That same year, he won the Grabby Award for Hottest Bottom. In 2019, Rizzo appeared in the pornographic film Big Black Daddy with Max Konnor for Noir Male, for which he won the GayVN Award for Best Duo Sex Scene (making Rizzo and Konnor the first actors of color to win the award) and earned a nomination for the Grabby Award for Best Duo. In 2017, he was nominated for a GayVN Award for Best Ethnic Scene, but turned down the nomination. His earliest scenes involving bareback sex were performed under the name Joey Rodriguez, while those performed using a condom were made under the name Armond Rizzo. After applying, he appeared in a scene with Landon Conrad for the studio, which was followed by scenes with Falcon Studios and. Though he planned on quitting after the scene, he came into contact with fellow porn actor Bruno Bond, who encouraged him to apply for Raging Stallion.
In 2013, he appeared in his first pornographic scene with studio Randy Blue, for which he only shot one scene. He decided to start performing in porn after meeting former pornographic actor Shane Frost through gay social networking and online dating application Jack'd. Rizzo originally had hopes of being an actor, but worried he would not be tall enough to get roles. After leaving the military, he attended culinary school, but eventually dropped out. After graduating from high school, Rizzo enlisted in the United States Navy, where he served on USS George H.W. During his youth, he also attended modeling school. Growing up, he practiced aikido for five years, while participating in theater at his high school. Rizzo was born on Jin Aurora, Illinois to Mexican parents.