Last January marked 25 years since rapper/producer DJ Quik released his classic debut, Quik Is the Name. A landmark album for West Coast hip-hop, the project would go on to influence both coasts, ...

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 ...

DJ Quik is a little bit misunderstood. The Compton-bred 44-year-old is best known for his work as a pioneering gangsta rapper—or perhaps for his uncanny ability to perpetually look and sound like he ...

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 ...

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 ...

On a Monday night, behind the door of one of Burbank's unmarked and windowless storefront recording studios, DJ Quik was finishing his first remix in over a decade. Standing at the Little Big Room's ...

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 ...

Age is a rapper's worst enemy. Perhaps more than any other genre of music, hip-hop is a young man's game. As hip-hop artists grow old, they tend to lose touch, and often either begin chasing current ...

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 ...

On the evening of September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur was gunned down on the Las Vegas strip. Six days later, he passed away from fatal wounds, but in the interim the entire city of Los Angeles – not to ...

DJ Quik went ballistic on some Twitter trolls in a series of offensive tweets. On Friday (April 14), DJ Quik jumped on his Twitter account and called out a troll who posted a photo of Tracee Ellis ...

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 ...