Zachary Rapp-Rovan, better known known Hooks, is a Canadian Electronic Music Producer and DJ based in Toronto. He is one half of the electronic music duo, Zeds Dead.

Rapp-Rovan grew up in Toronto to a musical family.

In 2004, he met Dylan Mamid and they bonded over their love for classic 90's hip-hop. They first met in Dylan's garage where people would hang out and listen to music. Dylan asked Zach to do some graffiti inside the wall where they realized they were both into production and the same music.

Rapp-Rovan and Mamid first started to produce music under the name Mass Productions and released an independent album that included instrumentals that were heavily influenced by 90's hip-hop.

It was released in 2007 and was the only release under the Mass Productions name.

In 2009, Rapp-Rovan and Mamid decided to start creating electronic music under the name Zeds Dead.

They initially found a niche audience on Myspace. They played their first live set at The Social in Toronto on June 11, 2009.

In 2009 Zeds Dead founded a weekly party called Bassmentality in the basement of the Toronto bar 751.

The party was intended as a venue for new DJs to play, unrestricted by concert promoters.

In the summer of 2010 Bassmentality moved from the basement of 751 and into Toronto's Wrongbar.

Bassmentality became a mainstay in the Toronto dubstep scene and featured weekly performances by its founders Zeds Dead and The Killabits, as well as rotating slots acts based locally and from around the world.

Over the four years that the event existed, it hosted early performances from several now-acclaimed artists such as Skrillex, Borgore, Nero, Camo & Krooked, Bare Noize, and Bar 9, among others.

Zeds Dead self-released their first track together, "Journey of a Lifetime", for free in 2009.

On December 6th 2010, Zeds Dead released their first EP Rudeboy under San City High Records. Two years later, they released Adrenaline under Inspected Records. Zeds Dead would release a number EPs off Mad Decent including Victor EP, Hot Sauce, and Somewhere Else. They also released The Living Dead off Ultra Records.

Rapp-Rovan has been into creating graffiti art since he was in high school.

During that time, he discovered his peers who were into it and they formed different crews that would paint all over their city.

Some influential crews that affected Rapp-Rovan included HSA, BSM, AU, and HFB.

He painted with the BR crew in his early days but has since done most of his paintings with his homie VEKTR.

Painting under the name Rezone, he has painted graffiti all over the world as a result of touring with Zeds Dead.

His favorite object to paint are freight trains.

2009 "Journey Of A Lifetime" [Deadbeats] "Dark Side Dub" [Self-released] 2010 "Wake Up" (with Omar Linx) [Self-released] "Here Comes The Boom" [Self-released] "White Satin" [Self-released] "Out For Blood" (featuring Omar Linx) [Self-released] "Rude Boy" [San City High] 2011 "1975" [Self-released] "The Twilight Zone" [Self-released] "Coffee Break" [Self-released] "Bassmentality" (with The Killabits) [Zeds Dead Inc] "Ruckus The Jam" [Dim Mak] 2012 "The Living Dead" (with Omar Linx) [Ultra Records] 2013 "Ratchet" [Self-released] "By Your Side" [Self-released] "Jericho" (featuring Memorecks) [Self-released] "Shut Up And Sing" (featuring Greta Svabo Bech) [Greta Svabo Bech Records][39] "Turn Around" (with Major Lazer featuring Elephant Man) [Self-released][40] 2014 "Hadouken" [Self-released] "Loud" (with Hunter Siegel) [Self-released] "Lost You" (featuring Twin Shadow and D'Angelo Lacy) [Ultra Music][41] 2015 "You Know" (with Oliver Heldens) [Spinnin' Records] "Collapse 2.0" (featuring Memorecks) [Mad Decent] "Wit Me Dub" (with Megalodon) [Zeds Dead Inc] "Flies" (with LOUDPVCK) [Mad Decent] "One Time" (featuring Murs) [Zeds Dead Inc] 2016 "Back Home" (featuring Freddie Gibbs) [Deadbeats][42] "Frontlines" (with NGHTMRE featuring GG Magree) [Deadbeats] "Blame" (with Diplo featuring Elliphant) [Deadbeats][43] "Stardust" (featuring Twin Shadow) [Deadbeats][44] "Too Young" (featuring Rivers Cuomo and Pusha T) [Deadbeats][45] 2017 "Where The Wild Things Are" (with Illenium) [Deadbeats] "Blood Brother" (with Diskord and Reija Lee) [Deadbeats] "Way With You" (with Omar Linx) [Jackie Boy] "Lights Go Down" (with Jauz) [Bite This and Deadbeats] 2018 "Samurai" (with Ganja White Night) [Deadbeats and SubCarbon Records] "Kill Em" (featuring 1000Volts) [Deadbeats][46]

2009 Barletta – "Panther" (Zeds Dead Remix) Radiohead – "Pyramid Song" (Zeds Dead Illuminati Remix) Fenech-Soler – "LA Love" (Zeds Dead Remix) 2010 Massive Attack – "Paradise Circus" (Zeds Dead Remix) Blue Foundation – "Eyes on Fire" (Zeds Dead Remix) Sublime - "Doin Time" (Zeds Dead Summer Grime Remix) The Rolling Stones – "Gimme Shelter" (Zeds Dead Remix) Foo Fighters – "The Pretender" (Zeds Dead Ruckus Remix) Dragonette – "Volcano" (Zeds Dead Remix) Jeuce – "Kiss" (Zeds Dead Remix)[47] 2011 Jason Falkner – "Only You" (Zeds Dead Remix) DJ Vadim and The Electric – "Toot Toot" (Zeds Dead Remix) Blue Foundation – "Heads on Fire" (Zeds Dead Remix) Sabi – "Wild Heart" (Zeds Dead Remix) 2012 Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – "Household Goods" (Zeds Dead Remix)[48] Sebastien Tellier – "Divine" (Danger Remix) (Zeds Dead ReRemix) The Roots featuring Monsters of Folk – "Dear God 2.0" (Zeds Dead Remix) Colin Munroe featuring Pusha T- "The Fight of My Life" (Zeds Dead Remix) Bon Iver – "Woods" (Zeds Dead Remix) The Prodigy – "Breathe" (Zeds Dead Remix) 2013 Marina and the Diamonds – "Lies" (Zeds Dead Remix) Nina Simone – "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (Zeds Dead Remix) 2014 Son Lux – "Flickers" (Zeds Dead Remix) Broken Bells – "Holding On For Life" (Zeds Dead Remix) DJ Fresh featuring Ella Eyre - "Gravity" (Zeds Dead Remix)[49] Jack Ü featuring Kiesza – "Take Ü There" (Zeds Dead Remix)[50] 2015 Martin Solveig and GTA – "Intoxicated" (Zeds Dead Remix) Tazer and Tink – "Wet Dollars" (Zeds Dead Remix) 2016 Omar Linx – "Red Light Green Light" (Zeds Dead Remix) Zeds Dead – "Slow Down" (Zeds Dead Remix) 2018 3LAU featuring Carly Paige – "Touch" (Zeds Dead Remix)[51] Gorgon City with Kamille and Ghosted – "Go Deep" (Zeds Dead Remix)[52]