David Gindratt, better known by his stage name Avi the Most Ill, was born in Los Angeles, CA to Maurice Gindratt and Maria Saillant, African American and Dominican parents, respectively. At a very early age Avi expressed a passion for music. He was always singing and mimicking beats around the house with toys and other objects,  always trying to enhance the sound of a song. As he got older, his mother realized that he was gifted and constantly reminded him that he can become anything he wanted in life, as long as he stayed focused and faithful.
Avi's Hip-Hop journey began in high school when he made the honor-roll and his mother rewarded him with a beat machine and a mixer. Influenced by artists such as Nas, Ray Charles, Bob Marley, Lauryn Hill, Styles P, and Eminem, Avi began combining his talents of producing beats and writing lyrics. Every single day after basketball practice, he would rush home to record himself. In one week he produced his first CD of about twenty songs and handed it out to all his friends. He asked for feedback rather than money, and after the approval of his friends, family and even a few teachers, he felt confident enough to open a small home studio to record himself and other artists in his area. Avi’s music would soon begin to spread. 
During his senior year in high school, a Hollywood promoter asked Avi to compete in a hip hop Battle against thirteen groups at the B.B. Kings Club in Hollywood in front of 300 hundred people. Avi won first-prize ($200) for originality/performance/production. [http://youtu.be/HQt1SmBUBJ8].
After graduating high school, he attended Mt San Antonio College and majored in Mathematics, but his passion to make music was so strong that in less than a year, he transferred to Pinnacle College to master his audio engineering skills. He graduated a year earlier than his classmates and was invited to work as an intern for six months at Westlake Studios in Santa Monica where artists such as Michael Jackson, Rihanna and The BackStreet Boys would go to record.
AVI's skills as a musician/rapper/producer garnished him The Lee Bailey UpliftingMinds2 Award for “Best Songwriter & Producer” in 2009, The Swagg Award for “Best Hip-Hop Artist” in 2010, an opportunity to Headline with Dead Prez at a VH1 event in 2011, airplay on HR's inDspotlight KCLA FM 99.3 in 2012 http://youtu.be/eqX4vRK1QIU and in 2013 he won "Best Urban/Hip Hop Artist" award at the Artist In Music Awards. During this time Avi was invited to Headline in European countries, namely Italy and Spain, where he impressed Europeans with his style, flow and looks. He had taken overseas by storm and even co-founded a recording studio in Rome called 3Q Studio (now 3TONE https://www.facebook.com/studio3tone) with a well known producer, Dephabeat (https://www.facebook.com/EddyDephaBeat), a photographer and graphic arts designer. After performing at various venues in Europe, he returned to America and toured with a Funk band called "Spacebugs”. They performed in southern states including Georgia, S. Carolina, Florida, and also in Maine and N. Hampshire. The Spacebugs and AVI released an album called "PARTY OF THE P-BRAINS" - featuring Danny Bedrosian from George Clinton & Parliament - Funkadelic! George Clinton was the first to receive a copy of the record.
These days, AVI recently graduated from UC Davis with a bachelor's degree in English, but he still continues to perform and produce music. He is now an accomplished musician who performs Hiphop, Funk, some Reggae and can play guitar, keyboard and drums. 
He’s released five albums Straight Up (2007), Sheesh! (2010), The Earthling Project (2011), Avitar (2012), and an acoustic album, Propaganda.

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