Robert Avery (born 1983), known professionally as DJ Holiday is a German-born American

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and

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. He was a frequent collaborator with

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in the late 2000s. He later worked with rappers such as

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Career

Avery was born in 1983 in

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, but was raised in

Decatur, Georgia Decatur () is a city and the county seat of DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. With a population of 24,928 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, th ...

. In 2008, Avery produced for Gucci Mane for his mixtape ''EA Sportscenter''. He wanted to produce another mixtape for Gucci Mane, calling it ''Writing on the Wall'', which Gucci Mane described in his autobiography as "lame". The mixtape later released in 2009. Also in 2009, he produced Gucci Mane's "Brrrussia" for the mixtape ''The Cold War: Part 3''. In 2015,

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collaborated with Avery for his mixtape ''Finally Rollin 2''. Also in 2015, he released his own mixtape ''God Bless'', which had features from

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and

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. In March 2017, Avery produced "Wassup Wid It" for

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. A music video was later released in June. In 2018, Avery collaborated with

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as executive producer for the mixtape ''Karma 2''. Soon after, he released the single "2 Seater" with

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and

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Discography

* ''It's just us'' (2024) * ''Money Machines'' (2023) * ''Plug Motivation'' (2021) * ''Practice on the Weekends'' (2020) * Rari Talk: Verified (2020) * ''Tales From the Road'' (2020) * ''Better Than Good Enough'' (2019) * ''Certified'' (2019) * ''The M Tape'' (2019) * ''Jugg Baby'' (2018) * ''Karma 2'' (2018) * ''Karma'' (2017) * ''God Bless'' (2015) * ''Finally Rollin 2'' (2015) * ''Burrrprint (2) HD'' (2010) * ''Writing on the Wall'' (2009) * ''EA Sportscenter'' (2008)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holiday, DJ 1983 births Living people Record producers from Georgia (U.S. state) People from Decatur, Georgia American hip-hop DJs