Birth name David Martin Blake
Born January 18, 1970
Origin Compton, California,
Years active 1991 – present
Label(s) Mad Science/Koch Records

As a teen he took up an affiliation with the Tree Top Piru.[1] He grew up without a father and moved out of his mother's home when he was only 17.[2] He spelled his name without the "C" because, being a Blood, he didn't want to offend anybody. In gang culture "ck" together would mean 'Crip Killer'.[3] It was always thought that he had 8 sisters, but in a March 2007 interview he stated that he only had one, explaining that Profile Records at the time had suggested to add it to his background.[3] He began selling homemade mixtapes (like The Red Tape, 1987) after he received a turntable for his 9th grade graduation and then began doing shows DJing around Southern California. He signed to Profile Records in the summer of 1990, reportedly as the label's first six figure signee.[4] Not only could he write his own songs, he could produce as well.

In preparation for the upcoming collaboration, which was expected for release in late 2007, DJ Quik and AMG formed the group: The Fixxers. Along with the formation of the duo, he dropped the "DJ" from his name for the upcoming album and rapped as "Quik".[14] In March 2007 they had signed a single deal with Interscope Records for the release of their album "Midnight Life" and promoted it with "Can You Werk Wit Dat?"[15] However, the album was scrapped due to unauthorized actions by business partners who illegally put it up for sale on the internet in December of 2007. The album was then spread across the internet as a bootleg. Quik recently finished up mixing Snoop Dogg's upcoming record "Ego Trippin" set to release in March of 2008 and also produced one track for the album. He also recently revealed that a collaboration album with Tha Dogg Pound member, Kurupt, is in the works.[16]