DVLP
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Bigram John Zayas |
| Also known as | Develop |
| Born |
July 11, 1978 New York City, New York, USA |
| Genres | Hip hop, pop, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, songwriter, DJ |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Associated acts | Doe Boys, Lil Wayne, Juelz Santana, The Diplomats, The Allies, Filthy |
Bigram John Zayas (born July 11, 1978), professionally known as DVLP or Develop, is an American record producer, songwriter and disc jockey (DJ), from New York City. DVLP is also one half of the production team Doe Boys, alongside his cousin Matthew "Filthy" Delgiorno. Working primarily in the hip hop and pop genres, he has produced over 25 songs for American rapper Lil Wayne, including the songs "Fireman" (2005) and "Blunt Blowin" (2011). In 2013, he gained major recognition when he produced the Eminem single "Rap God".
Zayas was born in New York City. He never had any formal musical training, although his family is involved in music. One of his uncles is Grammy Award-winning artist Marc Anthony. He first started DJing at the age of 11, using house and freestyle records. He went on to make mixtapes and perform at high school parties.
While traveling around the world as a founding member of the turntablist collective The Allies (which also included Craze, J-Smoke, Spictakular, Infamous, A-Trak and Klever), he went by the moniker Develop. His emphasis was on beat juggling. In 1998, he won the ITF Beat Juggling Championship, defeating Total Eclipse of The X-Ecutioners in the finals. In 1999, he won the ITF Team Championship, and he was runner-up at the New York DMC Regional in 1998. In 2000, The Allies released an EP, D-Day.
In 2000, DVLP decided to end his career as a competitive DJ, in order to focus on producing and songwriting. Shortly afterwards, he began collaborating with Filthy (his cousin, Matthew Delgiorno). The duo were known as the Doe Boys. After taking a few years off to hone his production skills, his first major production work was on the 2004 Grafh song "Damage is Done." He went on to produce four tracks on Juelz Santana's What the Game's Been Missing! (2005), also assisting with recording and engineering.
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