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 ...

A mix of all-time greats and rising stars dropped this week's best songs. DJ Quik may have crafted the finest track of the week in “Black Friday.” The legendary artist made a soulful beat to set the ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...