# Zaytoven

Xavier Lamar Dotson (born January 12, 1980), known professionally as Zaytoven, is an American record producer from Atlanta, Georgia. He has released collaborative projects with artists including Gucci Mane, Usher, Future, Young Dolph, Migos, Lecrae, Lil Yachty, Chief Keef, Young Scooter, B.o.B, Boosie Badazz, Waka Flocka Flame, 21 Savage, Deitrick Haddon and La Fève.
Zaytoven signed a deal with rapper Gucci Mane to become 1017 Brick Squad's in-house producer as a co-producer and writer for the single "Papers" along with Sean Garrett.

## Early life

Dotson spent a lot of time at church growing up, as his father was a preacher when not working for the army. He learned to play instruments through the church bands along with his three younger siblings. He gravitated toward playing the piano and organ.
Dotson was introduced to rap in middle school by a friend. He learned to produce music while attending high school in his spare time between school and basketball, Dotson played the keyboard during halftime at his high school football games. While he was performing one day at the game, he met rapper JT the Bigga Figga who liked what he heard, and invited Dotson to his studio, where Dotson had unlimited access to his keyboards. He truly began to utilize his skills as a producer while making beats in JT's studio before he started making a name for himself in Atlanta.

## Career
### Career beginnings

Zaytoven started going over to JT the Bigga Figga's studio every day to make beats and learn how to use the equipment. He began to sell beats to JT and went on to collaborate with Bay Area artists such as Messy Marv and E-40 while still in high school. During his senior year in high school, Zaytoven's family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, due to his father's retirement. Zaytoven decided to stay in San Francisco, California, finish his senior year, and continue his producing for local rappers. He realized that he needed a studio of his own where he could produce with his own equipment and work at any time of the day.
Having saved up money from his day job as a barber, Zaytoven began to buy equipment for producing. He would ship this to his parents' house in Atlanta, to which he eventually moved, and set up his own studio there. He enrolled in a local barber college in Atlanta and got a job as a barber to help finance the rest of his studio. While attending barber school, a classmate of his introduced Zaytoven to Gucci Mane, who would become his right-hand man in his career as a producer. Zaytoven and Gucci Mane began to work together every day after meeting each other. Zaytoven said in an interview with Fader that Gucci Mane would call him at 7 a.m. asking if he was ready to start making music for that day. Zaytoven and Gucci Mane spent the majority of the early 2000s making music together and selling mixtapes out of the trunks of their cars in Atlanta. It wasn't until 2005 that the two gained mainstream recognition from their hit song "Icy", with features from Young Jeezy and Boo. This recognition gave Zaytoven's career the boost it needed to take off, landing the hit song "Papers" with Usher in 2010 on Usher's certified platinum album Raymond v. Raymond.

### Rise to fame

Zaytoven's work on Usher's album Raymond v. Raymond earned him a Grammy Award in 2011 and a serious reputation in the hip-hop world. He started to work with more artists as his popularity grew in the Atlanta rap scene. He helped shaped the careers of artists such as OJ da Juiceman, Yung L.A., Yung Ralph, Shop Boyz, Lil Scrappy, Jagged Edge, and Gorilla Zoe.
Zaytoven collaborated with hip hop trio Migos. He produced several tracks on their 2013 mixtape, Y.R.N. (Young Rich Niggas), including the hit track "Versace", which peaked at 53 on the Billboard chart. Zaytoven's collaboration with Migos continued; he helped produce their followup mixtape No Label 2, released on February 25, 2014.
In 2015, Zaytoven provided exclusive production for ten mixtapes, including Future's Beast Mode, released on January 15. He also worked on Future's album DS2, which debuted on July 17.
In July 2016, Zaytoven produced or co-produced seven songs on Gucci Mane's first album since being released from prison, Everybody Looking. In the same month, Lil Uzi Vert's The Perfect LUV Tape was released, containing the Zaytoven-produced songs "Money Mitch" and "SideLine Watching (Hold Up)". In 2017, Zaytoven contributed to projects such as Gucci Mane's Mr. Davis, 21 Savage's Issa Album, Migos' Culture, Moneybagg Yo's Heartless, and Yo Gotti's I Still Am. Zaytoven also released two independent projects, Wake Up & Cook Up and Where Would the Game Be Without Me.
Zaytoven was scheduled to release his debut album Trap Holizay on May 25, 2018, and a collaborative album with Lecrae titled Let the Trap Say Amen on June 22, 2018.

### Acting career

Zaytoven made his acting debut in the 2012 film Birds of a Feather, co-starring with Gucci Mane. The sequel Birds of a Feather 2 was released in 2018.

### Tracklib

In 2018, Zaytoven joined the Creators Advisory Board of Tracklib.

## Discography
### Collaborative albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | US R&B/HH | NLD |
| Let the Trap Say Amen (with Lecrae) | Released: June 22, 2018 Label: Reach Format: Digital download, streaming | 49 | 26 | — |
| A (with Usher) | Released: October 12, 2018 Label: RCA Format: Digital download, streaming | 31 | 19 | 135 |
| Lost Tapes (with B.o.B) | Released: February 18, 2021 Label: Zaytoven Global, LLC Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — |
| Pray For Atlanta (with 1K Phew) | Released: January 19, 2024 Label: Reach Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details |
| Zaytoven Presents: Fo15 (with Fo15) | Released: April 15, 2021 Label: Fo15 Empire Format: Digital download, streaming |

### Extended plays

| Title | Album details |
| GucTiggy (with Gucci Mane) | Released: August 22, 2016 Label: 1017 Format: Digital download |
| Greatest Gift (with Deitrick Haddon) | Released: December 14, 2018 Label: Familiar Territory, Motown Format: Digital download |
| Drip & Zay (with Kountry Wayne) | Released: October 1, 2021 Label: Zaytoven Global, LLC Format: Digital download |
| Only One | Released: January 6, 2023 Label: Zaytoven Global, LLC Format: Digital download |
| 24 the EP (with Damon Fletcher) | Released: June 24, 2023 Label: Damon Fletcher LLC Format: Digital download |

### Mixtapes

| Title | Mixtape details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Mixtape details | US | US R&B/HH | CAN | FRA | NLD | UK |
| World War 3 (Lean) (with Gucci Mane) | Released: August 12, 2013 Label: 1017, RBC Format: Digital download, streaming | — | 33 | — | — | — | — |
| Beast Mode (with Future) | Released: January 15, 2015 Label: Freebandz Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Juggathon (with Young Scooter) | Released: May 27, 2015 Label: Familiar Territory, Black Migo Gang, Freebandz Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| For Trappers Only (with Shy Glizzy) | Released: September 30, 2015 Label: 300 Entertainment, Glizzy Gang Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Trapping Made It Happen | Released: December 15, 2017 Label: Familiar Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Trapholizay | Released: May 25, 2018 Label: Familiar Territory, Motown Format: Digital download, streaming | 78 | 43 | — | — | — | — |
| Beast Mode 2 (with Future) | Released: July 6, 2018 Label: Freebandz, Epic Format: Digital download, streaming | 3 | 3 | 13 | 130 | 49 | 55 |
| 6Toven (with Foolio) | Released: July 13, 2018 Label: Deeper Than Sound Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GloToven (with Chief Keef) | Released: March 15, 2019 Label: Glo Gang, RBC Format: Digital download, streaming | 153 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Camp GloTiggy (with Chief Keef) | Released: May 31, 2019 Label: Glo Gang, RBC Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bad Azz Zay (with Boosie Badazz) | Released: September 20, 2019 Label: Bad Azz, Familiar Territory Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| A-Team (with Lil Keed, Lil Gotit, and Lil Yachty) | Released: February 28, 2020 Label: Familiar Territory, Opposition Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pack Just Landed Vol. 1 | Released: August 7, 2020 Label: Zaytoven Global, LLC Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pack Just Landed Vol. 2 | Released: September 4, 2020 Label: Zaytoven Global, LLC Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zaystreet (with Young Scooter) | Released: December 11, 2020 Label: Familiar Territory, Black Migo Gang, Freebandz Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GrinchToven Stole The Trap | Released: December 25, 2020 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Moetoven (with Moe) | Released: April 23, 2021 Label: Moe Money, Epic Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pack Just Landed Vol. 3 | Released: September 7, 2021 Label: Zaytoven Global, LLC Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Keys To the Streets (with Luh Soldier) | Released: October 22, 2021 Label: Cinematic, Soldier Life Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GhostToven (with Ghostluvme) | Released: December 17, 2021 Label: High & Mighty Entertainment Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Streetz Got No Heart | Released: June 24, 2022 Label: Zaytoven Global, LLC Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Loverz n Friendz | Released: July 22, 2022 Label: Zaytoven Global, LLC Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Other charted songs

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US R&B | Album |
| "Stay at Home" (with Usher featuring Future) | 2018 | 22 | A |

## Production discography
### Charted songs

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US | US R&B/HH | US Rap | Album |
| "Icy" (Gucci Mane featuring Jeezy and Boo) | 2005 | — | 46 | 23 | Trap House |
| "Pillz" (Gucci Mane featuring Mac Bre-Z) | 2006 | — | — | — | Hard to Kill, No Pad, No Pencil |
| "I'm a Dog" (Gucci Mane featuring DG Yola) | 2008 | — | — | — | Chicken Talk 2, Bird Money, The State vs. Radric Davis |
| "Bricks" (Gucci Mane featuring Yo Gotti and Yung Ralph or OJ da Juiceman) | 2008 | — | — | — | EA Sportscenter, The State vs. Radric Davis |
| "Make tha Trap Say Aye" (OJ da Juiceman featuring Gucci Mane) | 2008 | — | 22 | 13 | The Otha Side of the Trap |
| "I Don't Love Her" (Gucci Mane featuring Rocko and Webbie) | 2011 | — | — | — | The Return of Mr. Zone 6 |
| "Versace" (Migos) | 2013 | 99 | 31 | 23 | Y.R.N. (Young Rich Niggas) |
| "3500" (Travis Scott featuring Future and 2 Chainz) | 2015 | 82 | 25 | 18 | Rodeo |
| "Guwop Home" (Gucci Mane featuring Young Thug) | 2016 | — | — | — | Everybody Looking |
| "No Sleep (Intro)" (Gucci Mane) | 2016 | — | — | — | Everybody Looking |
| "Waybach" (Gucci Mane) | 2016 | — | — | — | Everybody Looking |
| "Too Much Sauce" (DJ Esco featuring Future and Lil Uzi Vert) | 2016 | 50 | 21 | 15 | Project E.T. |
| "Used to This" (Future featuring Drake) | 2016 | 14 | 5 | 4 | Future |
| "St. Brick Intro" (Gucci Mane) | 2016 | — | — | — | The Return of East Atlanta Santa |
| "What the Price" (Migos) | 2017 | — | 41 | — | Culture |
| "Get Right Witcha" (Migos) | 2017 | 72 | 29 | 19 | Culture |
| "Big on Big" (Migos) | 2017 | — | 47 | — | Culture |
| "Brown Paper Bag" (Migos) | 2017 | — | 40 | — | Culture |
| "When I Was Broke" (Future) | 2017 | — | — | — | Future |
| "Feds Did a Sweep" (Future) | 2017 | — | — | — | Future |
| "Famous" (21 Savage) | 2017 | 94 | 41 | — | Issa Album |
| "Nothin New" (21 Savage) | 2017 | — | — | — | Issa Album |
| "Wifi Lit" (Future) | 2018 | 53 | 26 | 23 | Beast Mode 2 |
| "31 Days" (Future) | 2018 | 64 | 34 | — | Beast Mode 2 |
| "Cuddle My Wrist" (Future) | 2018 | 70 | 38 | — | Beast Mode 2 |
| "Racks Blue" (Future) | 2018 | 76 | 42 | — | Beast Mode 2 |
| "Red Light" (Future) | 2018 | — | — | — | Beast Mode 2 |
| "Some More" (Future) | 2018 | — | — | — | Beast Mode 2 |
| "Doh Doh" (Future featuring Young Scooter) | 2018 | — | — | — | Beast Mode 2 |
| "When I Think About It" (Future) | 2018 | — | — | — | Beast Mode 2 |
| "Hate the Real Me" (Future) | 2018 | — | — | — | Beast Mode 2 |
| "Problems" (Lil Wayne) | 2018 | 57 | 33 | — | Tha Carter V |
| "Moana" (G-Eazy and Jack Harlow) | 2020 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "RIP Luv" (21 Savage and Metro Boomin) | 2020 | 76 | 32 | — | Savage Mode II |
| "Real Baby Pluto" (Future and Lil Uzi Vert) | 2020 | 54 | 17 | 16 | Pluto × Baby Pluto |
| "Million Dollar Play" (Future and Lil Uzi Vert) | 2020 | 67 | 25 | 23 | Pluto × Baby Pluto |
| "Roadrunner" (Migos) | 2021 | — | — | — | Culture III |
| "Better Believe" (Belly, The Weeknd, and Young Thug) | 2021 | 88 | 31 | 25 | See You Next Wednesday |
Notes
* ↑ "Icy" did not enter the "Billboard" Hot 100, but peaked at number five on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
* ↑ "Pillz" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number three on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.
* ↑ "I'm a Dog" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number eight on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.
* ↑ "Bricks" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 19 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.
* ↑ "Make tha Trap Say Aye" did not enter the "Billboard" Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
* ↑ "I Don't Love Her" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.
* ↑ "Guwop Home" did not enter the "Billboard" Hot 100, but peaked at number 23 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
* ↑ "Guwop Home" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.
* ↑ "No Sleep (Intro)" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number four on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.
* ↑ "Waybach" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number eight on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.
* ↑ "St. Brick Intro" did not enter the "Billboard" Hot 100, but peaked at number seven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
* ↑ "St. Brick Intro" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.
* ↑ "What the Price" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
* ↑ "Big on Big" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
* ↑ "Brown Paper Bag" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
* ↑ "When I Was Broke" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 22 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
* ↑ "When I Was Broke" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number six on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.
* ↑ "Feds Did a Sweep" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number seven on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.
* ↑ "Nothin New" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number nine on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
* ↑ "Nothin New" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.
* ↑ "Red Light" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number six on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
* ↑ "Red Light" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number three on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.
* ↑ "Some More" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number seven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
* ↑ "Some More" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number four on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.
* ↑ "Doh Doh" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number eleven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
* ↑ "Doh Doh" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number six on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.
* ↑ "When I Think About It" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number fifteen on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
* ↑ "When I Think About It" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number seven on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.
* ↑ "Hate the Real Me" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
* ↑ "Moana" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but did peak at number 23 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
* ↑ "Roadrunner" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number sixteen on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Role |
| 2012 | Birds of a Feather | Himself |
| 2013 | Weed Man | Himself |
| 2018 | Birds of a Feather 2 | Himself |