Xavier Dotson, better known as
Zaytoven,
is an
American record producer out of
San Francisco, California and was born in Germany on an Army base.
He was raised in San Francisco but later moved to
Atlanta, Georgia. Since then, he has worked with
Gucci Mane extensively, contributing at least one song on every one of his albums, and doing many mixtapes with him. He has also worked with other notable Atlanta artists, such as
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em,
Gorilla Zoe,
Young Jeezy and
OJ Da Juiceman, and other non-Atlanta artists such as
Usher and
Nicki Minaj, producing hundreds of songs in total. He first started making beats for local San Francisco artists such as
Messy Marv and
San Quinn. "It was during his time in San Francisco did Zay reach his formative years. He learned to play piano, guitar and organ in the church choir and soon began selling beats to local Bay Area rappers."