I approached my career like a rapper. I would go to every open mic, every studio session, bringing my beats. I would almost do exactly what a rapper would do to get on. Zaytoven Read Quote
When I was cutting hair, I felt like that was my trap. I started selling haircuts. I started selling beats; that’s me trapping. So trap music is like hustling music to me. Zaytoven Read Quote
What’s so crazy is I always looked at Jay Z and guys on the caliber of Jay Z like they just the big dogs. I didn’t think they listen to my music or even know who I am. Zaytoven Read Quote
I tell people that it’s one thing to have the gift and the talent and work hard but another thing to have the favor of God in making it all work, and I think all those are factors. Zaytoven Read Quote
When I was a youngster, I might have been about 17 or 18 when I first started making beats. Zaytoven Read Quote
I think that the sound that the world knows as trap music is the sound that Gucci and I created. Zaytoven Read Quote
Guys like Future and me, we help create and shape the sound of music – not just Atlanta music, but music all over. If you really pay attention to the music being made, a lot of that is very heavily influenced by the stuff that we created. I listen to so many songs that’s like, ‘Damn, this sounds like my music!’ Zaytoven Read Quote
I almost never pitch myself. Me being an independent producer, never having a manager and never being signed, I pretty much just did my own thing: go out and search for the new talent, and when the new talent blows up, it just kinda brings everyone else to me. Zaytoven Read Quote
I like V-Nasty a lot, and I know anytime I like an artist and the majority of people really don’t like her, I know it’s something special. That’s the same way I felt about Gucci. Zaytoven Read Quote
