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 ...

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 ...

Veteran rapper/producer DJ Quik dropped a new song, "Black Friday," which addresses the wave of police killings that have rocked the nation. Quik says he was compelled to write the song because he's ...

West Coast rap icons Jason Martin, formerly known as Problem, and DJ Quik have unveiled plans for their highly anticipated joint album Chupacabra, which will be released later this year via EMPIRE.

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 ...

DJ Quik confronts social and racial issues that weigh on the black community in his soulful new track “Black Friday,” which the OG Compton rapper released on his SoundCloud. “I wrote this piece ...

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, ...

This story is part of Image issue 9, “Function” a sonic and visual reminder that there ain't no party like an L.A. party. Read the full issue here. DJ Quik is exactly where he's supposed to be. On an ...