Collectiv and Liquified present Ayybo

Lately, AYYBO has been living life by three letters: GDB. What do they mean? "Goddamn, baby," he clarifies for Gray Area with a laugh. It was initially a joke born from a dream in which he yelled the phrase on a mic during a show. Somehow, it stuck. "I just started saying 'GDB' to all my friends," he says.

"Anything good that would happen, I would just say 'GDB.' Then all my fans, when they say 'GDB,' I respond with 'GDB' as well. It just seems to be this never-ending cycle of positivity, as weird as it sounds."

What was once an inside joke for the Southern Californian house producer and DJ has manifested into something bigger than himself. In the two years since he started this project, AYYBO has collected tens of millions of streams of his music, over 100,000 social media followers, co-signs from artists like Shaq and John Summit, a viral hit, and an official remix from Pitbull—and he's only just getting started. GDB, indeed.