# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dj-quik
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:09:06.012Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dj-quik"
name: "DJ Quik"
slug: "dj-quik"
description: "David Marvin Blake, better known by his stage names DJ Quik or Da Quiksta, is an American rapper and record producer from Compton, California, known for his production in the G-funk style of West Coast hip-hop. Blake has collaborated with Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Tupac, Chingy, R. Kelly and Shaquille O'Neal, among others. As a recording artist himself, he is perhaps best known for his 1991 single \"Tonite\", which reached the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100. Blake's stage name refers to his ability of producing songs in a short period of time."
tagline: "American rapper and record producer (born 1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dj-quik-2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1970-01-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.56
  momentum:             1.296497286630488
  historical:           16.34549733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/djquik"
    handle:    "djquik"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/djquik/"
    handle:    "djquik"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/DJQuik"
    handle:    "DJQuik"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0703558/"
    handle:    "nm0703558"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0b2XeWDPeBiLeskT6RFqMb"
    handle:    "0b2XeWDPeBiLeskT6RFqMb"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DA%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "دچ كويك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Quik"
    title: "DJ Quik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Quik"
    title: "DJ Quik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Quik"
    title: "DJ Quik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Quik"
    title: "DJ Quik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Quik"
    title: "DJ Quik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Quik"
    title: "DJ Quik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "DJ・クイック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Quik"
    title: "DJ Quik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Quik"
    title: "DJ Quik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Quik"
    title: "DJ Quik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Quik"
    title: "DJ Quik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Quik"
    title: "DJ Quik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Quik"
    title: "DJ Quik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Quik"
    title: "DJ Quik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Quik"
    title: "DJ Quik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/542f4f08-4d8f-48db-a414-d3a33a62929f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1154246"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1228211"
    title: "DJ Quik"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump