

When he left his family home, he moved to Atlanta. Zaytoven's extensive list of mixtapes includes efforts with Chief Keef, Boosie Badazz, Lil Yachty, and many others.ĭotson was born in 1980 on an army base in Frankfurt, Germany, although his family moved to San Francisco shortly thereafter.

He ventured into Christian rap and gospel with his 2018 collaborations with Lecrae and Deitrick Haddon, and released a charting album with Usher titled A the same year. Along with a producer he has taken under his wing, Cassius Jay, Zay opened up about Gucci Mane’s new found sobriety and working on the Trap God’s post prison album, Everybody Lookin. In addition to winning a Grammy in 2011 for his work with Usher, he is most known for his work with rappers Gucci Mane, Migos, and Future. Radric Delantic Davis (born: Febru() age 42), better known professionally as Gucci Mane, is an American YouTube musician, rapper, and songwriter, who performs the genres of rap, hip hop, southern hip hop, and trap. Dotson (aka Zaytoven) played a central role in popularizing the wave of trap music - particularly in his home city - that began in the mid-2000s. Most recently, Zaytoven produced Better Believe' by Belly, The Weeknd, and Young Thug, a beat that was actually made 3 years ago and just now. You know, my son is 12 so they listen to all the new young guys." You may recall Zay's son also begging his dad to work with Lil Pump, resulting in his production on "Designer.Atlanta-based rap producer Xavier L. Soon, Zay would meet Gucci Mane and go on to produce his mainstream breakout smash Icy as well as create magic with high-profile artists from Migos and Future to Travis Scott and Nicki Minaj. 1 song was Black Beatles with Rae Sremmurd in 2016, the Atlanta rapper has been pioneering one of hip-hop’s most influential subgenres, trap music, for over a decade. In the early 2000s he helped to pioneer the style known as Trap Music, together with. Born in Bessemer, a Southwestern township of Birmingham, Alabama, Gucci Mane relocated to East Atlanta in 1989 with his mother. Founder and CEO of 1017 Brick Squad Records. He notes, "Uzi was a special song for me for the project 'cause I mainly was doing this music to impress my son. American rapper born Februin Bessemer, Alabama. With Zaytoven's son listening to all of the new school rappers, the Atlanta producer came up with a ploy to impress his kid and come off looking "cool," and his strategy was to collaborate with Uzi Vert. The way Zay explains things, though, he seems to have come across Uzi's talent by accident. Among the star-studded lineup, Lil Uzi Vert appears near the end of the work with " Strong," putting forth one of his better performances of the year.
ZAYTOVEN FAVORITE GUCCI MANE ALBUMS FULL
With a stellar tracklist full of all-star features, Trap Holizay gives insight into how Zaytoven and Gucci Mane came up together. It's insane to think that a legendary producer that is often attributed with the popularization of trap beats had not yet come through with an official debut album until today but, as always, Zay impressed with the project. With a couple of major releases from Pusha T and A$AP Rocky, Zaytoven's debut album Trap Holizayhas not gotten lost in the shuffle.

Today has been absolutely loaded in terms of new music. Zaytoven also speaks on his relationship with Gucci Mane and his upcoming projects. On May 24, 2018, Lecrae announced that he and Zaytoven would be releasing a project titled Let The Trap Say Amen, which did release on June 22, 2018.
