Mikey Holt

Overview

Mikey Holt (born Mikey Chester Holt on June 25, 2009) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, actor, voice actor, and dancer. Known for his emotionally driven fusion of melodic hip-hop, alternative pop, emo rap, and atmospheric production, Holt has become recognized for music centered around themes of love, heartbreak, mental health, vulnerability, grief, and personal growth.

Throughout his career, Holt has performed under the stage names The 39 KID (2019–2022) and Zozzy World (2022–2025) before professionally returning to his birth name. He currently releases music independently under Enternal Abyss Records, recording primarily from a home studio while continuing to expand his creative direction into production, film concepts, and visual storytelling.

Born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Holt later relocated there permanently in 2023 and considers the city a defining part of his identity and artistic inspiration.

Despite beginning his music journey at a young age, Holt gradually developed a dedicated underground fanbase through emotionally raw songwriting and genre-blending experimentation. His work often combines melodic vocals, emotional lyricism, distorted guitars, ambient production, and modern trap percussion.

Over time, Holt has worked alongside producers including Dan Darmawan, DJ Scheme, Sadboyshawn, and Nick Mira, while collaborating or being creatively associated with artists such as Kee Nola, D4vd, Olya Holiday, Powfu, and Bladee. These collaborations and influences helped shape his evolving sound and artistic direction.

One of Holt’s most ambitious creative concepts is LOVECIDE, a dark emotional era and multimedia-inspired project blending themes of heartbreak, obsession, grief, emotional destruction, and romance. The project reflects Holt’s cinematic storytelling approach and marks one of the most defining creative periods of his career.

Early Life

Mikey Holt was born on June 25, 2009. Although now closely associated with Tahlequah, Oklahoma, he did not spend his entire childhood there, relocating permanently in 2023.

He attended Greenwood Elementary School and Tahlequah Middle School before later becoming part of the Ada High School (Oklahoma) Class of 2027.

Growing up, Holt was exposed to a wide range of music through his father, including artists and bands such as Michael Jackson, Prince, Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, Slipknot, Korn, KISS, Journey, Eagles, AC/DC, Queen, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Ozzy Osbourne, The Beatles, N.W.A, Tupac Shakur, Stevie Wonder, and Ice Cube.

Holt has described himself as shy in school but highly expressive at home. During his school years, he participated in band, theater, track and field, basketball, and wrestling.

He began making music in 2017 at the age of eight. His first recorded song, “Party Every Day” (2017), was a childhood track centered around celebration and positivity. In his earliest years, Holt recorded vocals using his phone’s camera app over YouTube instrumentals before later teaching himself recording, songwriting, and production techniques independently.

A major turning point in Holt’s life came with the deaths of both of his parents. Their passing deeply influenced the emotional direction of his music and became a central source of motivation behind his artistic expression. Despite experiencing bullying and doubt throughout his youth, Holt continued pursuing music in their honor.

By age fourteen, he began taking music more seriously and, by 2025, expanded further into music production and creative direction.

Musical Style and Influences

Holt’s music blends emotional lyricism with melodic rap delivery, often layered over guitar-based instrumentals, atmospheric synths, ambient textures, and modern trap drums. His sound frequently moves between vulnerability and confidence, balancing emotional openness with themes of ambition and perseverance.

He cites Juice WRLD as a major influence for emotional honesty and melodic songwriting, while drawing inspiration from Ice Cube’s confidence, authenticity, and legacy. Additional influences from rock, grunge, alternative, and underground internet music scenes can also be heard throughout his work.

Holt’s music explores themes including:

• Love and heartbreak

• Mental health and loneliness

• Grief and healing

• Self-worth and resilience

• Isolation and emotional vulnerability

• Fame, ambition, and identity

Themes and Message

Much of Holt’s catalog is rooted in real-life emotional experiences. His message emphasizes emotional honesty, mental health awareness, perseverance, and self-expression.

Through his music, Holt encourages listeners to understand they are not alone in their struggles and promotes vulnerability as a form of strength rather than weakness.

His work during the LOVECIDE era particularly focused on cinematic storytelling, emotional destruction, toxic love, and psychological conflict, becoming one of the most artistically defining periods of his career.

Complete Discography — Mikey Holt / Zozzy World

2023

Zozzy World

• Lover Boy

2025 — Zozzy World Era (Early Releases)

These releases established the emotional and genre-blending “Zozzy World” sound.

• Burn (feat. Sadboyshawn) — March 3, 2025

• Want You — April 14, 2025

• Scared (Zozzy World Version) — April 29, 2025

• THE END — May 18, 2025

• My Light — June 2, 2025

• Till the World Ends — June 13, 2025

Love Forever (Project)

Released under the Zozzy World identity, Love Forever helped define Holt’s early artistic identity and emotional songwriting style.

Tracklist

1. Scared

2. Want You

3. She’s So Divine

4. My Light

5. Moments With You

6. Lover Boy

7. Blonde (Crazy)

2025 — Mikey Holt Era

These releases marked Holt’s transition into a more polished and professionally focused artistic era under Enternal Abyss Records.

• Gravity — July 11, 2025

• Scared — July 14, 2025

• Before You Go (feat. Mez) — August 24, 2025

• I Am The Greatest — September 26, 2025

• Stay With Me — December 6, 2025

• All In — December 28, 2025

Additional Collaborations / Known Tracks

• Break My Heart (feat. Jinx)

• Fentanyl (with Jdub$)

Identity Evolution

Zozzy World represents Holt’s experimental, emotional, and genre-blending era. It includes his earliest releases, underground collaborations, and the Love Forever project.

The transition to Mikey Holt marked a more refined and professional-facing artistic identity beginning in 2025, emphasizing cinematic storytelling, stronger production, and larger creative ambitions.

Together, these identities form a cohesive artistic arc — from experimental beginnings to the rise of a fully realized independent artist.

Career Highlights

• Began recording music at age eight

• Released first formally distributed music during his teenage years

• Multiple tracks surpassed 1,000+ all-time streams independently

• Developed several artistic identities before consolidating under his birth name

• Expanded into music production and creative direction in 2025

• Worked with producers including Dan Darmawan, DJ Scheme, Sadboyshawn, and Nick Mira

• Collaborated with or alongside artists including Kee Nola, D4vd, Olya Holiday, Powfu, and Bladee

• Created the emotionally driven LOVECIDE creative era and concept

Personal Life

Holt keeps much of his personal life private. However, he has openly spoken about overcoming bullying, grief, emotional struggles, and the impact of losing both parents.

He credits them as the primary motivation behind his career and artistic perseverance.

His journey reflects resilience, emotional honesty, self-belief, and personal growth.

Future Projects

Holt is currently working on multiple future releases and creative concepts, including the emotionally cinematic LOVECIDE era and a project titled Forgive Me I Have Done No Wrong.

He has expressed aspirations to perform on major stages, expand his audience nationally, and continue evolving both musically and visually as an artist.

His dream collaboration is with Bvnita, whom he admires for her individuality and creative expression.