David Martin Blake (born January 18 1970), better known by his stage name DJ Quik, is an American rapper and record producer from Compton, California. Biography As a teen he took up an affiliation with the Tree Top Piru.http://www.allhiphop.com/features/?ID=1155 He grew up without a father and moved out of his mother's home when he was only 17.http://www.dj-quik.org/biography He spelled his name without the "c" because, although being a Blood, he didn't want to offend Crips by having "ck" in his name ("ck" together would mean Crip Killer).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgNX8j1Pyrw 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. He began selling homemade mixtapes (like The Red Tape, 1987) after he re