Adrian Spinelli April 15, 2021Updated: April 15, 2021, 7:10 am
Zaytoven attends the PTSD Tour in Concert at the Tabernacle on March 11, 2020, in Atlanta. Photo: Prince Williams / Wireimage
Before Zaytoven was producing tracks for some of the biggest names in hip-hop, the Atlanta producer was a student at Galileo High School. Now the multiplatinum, Grammy-winning artist is one of the most well-respected figures in hip-hop and trap, and he credits his upbringing in San Francisco where he got his start making beats as the key to his career.
“Bay Area and S.F. music doesn’t sound like anything else,” he says. “In the Bay, we like what we like and don’t care about what anybody else thinks or what anybody else likes. That’s what makes S.F. so dope. … I carry that with me, and I think that’s what has helped me be so successful.”
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