Ventura Music Hall Presents:
DJ QUIK: QUIKMAS IN VENTURA
with WESTSIDE WEBB
David “DJ Quik” Marvin Blake is a rapper, songwriter, disk jockey, and music producer. Blake was born on January 18, 1970, to unnamed parents in Compton, California. He attended Centennial High School in Compton where fellow students were Andre Romelle “Dr. Dre” Young and Kendrick Lamar Duckworth. Centennial High School was also where the Bloods street gang was established in the early 1970s, formed in opposition to their rivals, the Crips. Blake himself joined the Bloods during his teenage years. During this time, he became friends with fellow rapper and Bloods gang member Crawford “Hi-C” Wikerson and Hip-Hop group 2nd II None which consisted of Deon “Gangsta D” Barnett and Kelton “KK” McDonald who were also members of the Bloods.