On this day in Hip-Hop history, legendary west coast DJ, rapper, and producer DJ Quik was born in 1970. David Marvin Blake, a.k.a. DJ Quik, was born in Pomona, California, and shortly after relocated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Summertime In The LBC There is no denying DJ Quik’s OG status in hip hop and the work he put in to help build the framework for ...

The project includes top-notch guests, including The Game, Thundercat, Larry June, George Clinton, Free Nationals, DJ Drama, Curren$y, Bun B, Dom Kennedy and ...

On this day in 1995, Compton architect DJ Quik delivered his third studio album Safe + Sound, a project that further cemented his reputation as one of the West Coast’s most musically gifted producers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On this week’s episode of “Drink Champs,” DJ Quik and JasonMartin, formerly known as Problem, sat down with N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN ...

[YG and I] both had mutual management at the time. They called me like, “[YG’s] from Compton, Quik. You should hook him up.” I hadn’t had a working relationship with YG before that. I meet him and I ...

DJ Quik was the guest on People’s Party with Talib Kweli last week and he told a fantastic origin story of “Tonite,” the breakout hit from his 1991 debut album Quik Is the Name. In their sprawling — ...

In mid-June, DJ Quik cryptically tweeted about about suing an unidentified Compton. “Guess what Compton rapper I’m about to sue?” he said in one tweet. “You’ll see” is what was said in the follow up.

Nearly six months since releasing his self-titled fourth studio album, Vince Staples is already putting the finishing touches on his next project. On Saturday, the Long Beach rapper took to Twitter to ...

DJ Quik said he didn’t have “the machine” behind him in his career, preventing him from reaching the same heights as Dr. Dre. The Hip Hop legend felt he should be regarded as highly as Dr. Dre. DJ ...

Right now, hip-hop is in the midst of an actually entertaining rap beef. Both Drake and Pusha T, two capable wordsmiths, are trading diss records down the slippery slope of who might be willing to go ...

Compton’s DJ Quik thinks Instagram and other social media platforms are violating his First Amendment rights. DJ Quik considered filing a class action lawsuit against Instagram and others on Friday ...