Since Gucci Mane was released from federal prison on May 26, he's been hard at work recording new music. Fresh out of the bing in Terre Haute, Ind., the rapper's longtime girlfriend Keyshia Ka'oir ...

“This right here, is different,” said the Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane with a nervous laugh as the producer and foremost hip-hop pianist Zaytoven played the first notes of a stripped-down version of ...

In a world where producers and songwriters have yet to receive the full credit they deserve, there still remain a few big names circulating at the top of everyone’s radar. Zaytoven is one of them. And ...

Gucci Mane and Zaytoven have been collaborators for years, the duo helped forge the sound of contemporary trap music. From hits like 2005's "Icy" and Gucci's 2016 comeback track "First Day Out," these ...

(AllHipHop News) One of the fathers of Trap music is the subject of the latest episode of Red Bull Music’s docuseries The Note. The Frankfurt-born, Atlanta-based producer Xavier “Zaytoven” Dotson ...

During NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts video series, artists cram into small spaces at NPR's Washington, DC headquarters and knock out their songs. Most of the people who do those shows are the sort of ...

Gucci Mane has stayed busy since getting released from prison in May. First he dropped his post-release single "First Day Out Tha Feds," then he jumped on Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music/Cruel Winter ...

Xavier Lamar Dotson, professionally known as Zaytoven, has become synonymous with the sound of modern trap music. From his early days experimenting on cassette tapes in a friend’s studio to producing ...

Gucci Mane Addresses Pooh Shiesty on “Crash Dummy” Following Alleged Robbery and Kidnapping Gucci Mane appears to reference Pooh Shiesty and the January robbery and kidnapping he's accused of ...