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Q-bert is the performing name of Richard Quitevis, a American DJ and music-writer. Living in San Francisco, he started playing with records at the age of 15 and was influenced by the street performers of San Francisco's hip-hop community in the mid 80's
He started his musical career in a group called FM20 with Mix Master Mike and Apollo in 1990. They were playing a show in New York when Crazy Legs saw them and invited them to join the Rock Steady Crew. They accepted, and going by the name of the Rock Steady DJ's they proceeded to take the 1992 Disco Mixing Club (DMC) world title.
Q-Bert was also one of the founding members of the band Invisibl Skratch Piklz. He is also credited with creating the first full length "scratch" album in 1998. Entitled Wave Twisters
the album was later turned into a animated feature of the same title. Wave Twisters the movie was somewhat unique in that the animators and digital artists had to invent images and movements to the pre-recorded music, as opposed to the usual other way around.
Awards and credentials
- DMC World Champion 1991
- DMC World Champion 1992
- DMC Judge 1995
- DMC DJ Hall of Fame (along with Mix Master Mike)
- Acted in Hang the DJ
- Acted in Modulations
Last updated: 06-22-2005 06:17:02
