It is well known that the practice of scratching records first came from New York by originators such as Grand Wizard Theodore, while the legendary Kool Herc was experimenting with doubles to keep ...
DJ QBert, born Richard Quitevis, is widely regarded as the most highly skilled skratching dj that has walked this planet. His long-standing career of innovating the DJ culture has set off a worldwide ...
If you have any remote interest in the art of DJing, you should definitely try to check out this event: San Francisco's DJ Qbert will be performing at the Ruby Room on Saturday as part of the SD Union ...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Faith No More singer and man of a thousand voices Mike Patton takes the stage at the Chapel this weekend for two nights of unique collaboration with virtuoso scratch master ...
To mark Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we'll be running Q&As with noteworthy Asian Americans throughout May. Read them all here. The turntablist/DJ community includes a lot of Asians and Asian ...
DALY CITY (CBS SF) -- To the casual observer, two turntables sitting side-by-side may look like a fun, interesting – and maybe outdated - way to play music. But at the hands of a world champion DJ ...
Editor’s note: This story is part of That’s My Word, KQED’s story series on Bay Area hip-hop history. On an overcast November day in Oakland, DJ Shortkut – a member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz DJ ...
Those who grew up with this true-school turntablist always knew that DJ Qbert would soon become San Francisco's pre-eminent hometown hip-hop hero. Qbert (a.k.a. Richard Quitevis) got the itch to ...
There are DJs, and then there are DJs, and then there’s DJ QBert. Sources say QBert grew up in San Francisco, born with the name Richard Quitevis, graduating in 1987 from Balboa High. Those sources ...