We recently sat down with Florida producer Zai Hamilton for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation he talked about his experience growing up in Jacksonville, reveals that his dad received a life sentence when he was just 1 year old, going to college to play football, explains why he left college after 2 years, starting to make beats during the pandemic, his parents supporting him pursuing making beats, having a close relationship with his dad despite him being locked up, uploading his music on JPAY, explains how Courtney Bell helped him get his beats to Skilla Baby, having a lot of placements with Skilla, reveals what motivated him to start making beats, being versatile with his sound, making his beats in 432 Hz, explains how he got his producer tag, breaks down his creative process, recalls making the beat for Rob49’s “Mama”, sending the beat to Skilla, Glorilla getting on the remix, producing “Fear of God” for Skilla & Rylo Rodriguez, producing Courtney Bell & Royce Da 5’9”s “Late Night”, his thoughts on the music scene in Jacksonville right now, other producers he works with, shares advice for other producers, and much more!