There is no denying DJ Quik’s OG status in hip hop and the work he put in to help build the framework for West Coast rap music. Yet, when it comes to naming some of the most popular and influential ...

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 ...

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’s own DJ Quik dropped his third studio album, Safe + Sound, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of West Coast hip-hop. Released through Profile Records, the ...

Tupac was known to take his craft very seriously. DJ Quik recently revealed that his supposed mimicry of the late rapper’s performance style almost caused a fistfight between them. “Outside of the ...

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 ...

West Coast legend DJ Quik enlists Kurupt, IAMSU! and Boogie for his fonky remix of indie rock group Spoon's "Inside Out." DJ Quik X Spoon, 'Inside Out' Remix On a Monday night, behind the door of one ...

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 ...

California hip hop heavyweight DJ Quik is here. He’ll headline the Double Door tonight (5/25), with support from Fess Grandiose, Vic Spencer, DJ Audio Kush, Big Face 100s, and Kenn Retro. Advance ...