About Me
"QUAKE" was born in Gardena, Ca and spent most of his life in South Central L.A, Pasadena and Compton all three cities he describes as," Its like this,every city has its elements good and bad i got love for all three, their are home to me". Quake is a man far ahead of his time. Even as a young boy Quake was always a visionary, a move-maker and a person to take things into his own hands. By 9 he was writing poems, stories and rhymes. By 16 he was a member of a high school rap group called N.A.I.P (New and improved Posse) where he got the nick name Quake from. Growing up in South L.A. in a single parent home taught Quake to be independent early. He learned quickly about life struggles he witnessed firsthand the demise of his neighborhood once the crack hit the streets. "It was crazy growing up. At home we had Bloods and Crips... like right across the street from each other I seen people get shot, been in a few situations,the L.A riot,race riots at school i done seen everything from A to Z damn near, i’ve lost family members and close friends to the streets, you know, dedacated to the life". But through all of this, his one saving grace, the thing to have hope for, to believe in to strive for, was music. Music was everywhere. At home he absorbed his mothers old LP’s playing everything from the Temptations to Barry White and his Orchestra, Parliament and the Funkadelics to Aretha Franklin, Prince, Rick James to Isaac Hayes. But out in the street, Quake was inspired by Hip-Hop/Gangata Rap baingin out from every corner. To him this was a music that talked about realities of everyday life. "This was the first music that i could claim as MY music. I used to listen to K-Day back in the day which played a mix of west and east coast hip-hop.I loved the production Dr.Dre, Rick Ruben, The Bomb Squad, Battlecat and Dj Premiere just to name a few. I just knew i had to be apart of this".A few years later Quake was in introduced to the beat making by new found friend and Compton producer Dale "Zakk" Bailey." I used to watch D make beats like ah m@!!! He introduced to his uncle, songwriter/producer/ musican and soon to be mentor and manager Ron Dickson who was just starting up (In The House) recording studio in Hawthorne Ca."And from that point i ran with it for real..." As a producer he has created a sound that mixes old and new West/East/South elements, classical strings, soulful sampels,bass lines with horns that make your body move and face twist up.Quake has taken all the sounds in his head, all the influences from the music he came up on and life experiences and created the ingredients vital to the resolution of this crisis in music. As a producer he has had the pleasure to have worked with and collaborate with many talented producers and artist/songwriters in there beginnings and well as to date such as Long Beach artist Big Stuntz/ Hustl’n Hard Inc. Presents Stuntz THE BEST OF VOL.II MIXTAPE, Dangerous Goodz Kwest & Outwest/ A CHANGE GONE COME, Long Beach producer Wutzhisnaym,L.A.’s V The Hustla, Compton’s own LD,Huston Texas artis The Kuntry Boyz Big Tex and Jay Lee, Inglewood O.G Redrum 781, Compton’s ultimate hustler Jay, Inglewood’s The Relatives Big WY & Suga Buga/ THE TAKE OVER, Dae One, Noni Spitz and Taje formerly RawNoiz, R.E.D, Carson’s own G.Black of Arson Records, Tre Moons Brian"Brikewa"Warren, collabos with Grand Hustle producer Keith Mack,his music can also be heard in movies,Loaded, Feat Krupt and BankBrothers Featuring Crooked I and Spyder Loc of G-Unit.You can find Quake in the lab bangin out beats for various up and coming artist/ projects. This is only the beginning for this producer, production enginner and Quakeway Production founder.
