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DJ Q-Bert (b. Richard Quitevis) initial surfaced in the underground turntablist picture as an associate of San Francisco’s Invisibl Skratch Piklz (with D-Styles, Yogafrog, MixMaster Mike, and Shortkut). And also other Bay Region groups just like the X-Men as well as the World Famous Defeat Junkies, the Piklz had been …

The Invisibl Skratch Piklz were a rotating crew of hip-hop DJs whose tactile acrobatics were more accurately served by the word (coined by Piklz founder DJ Q-Bert) “turntablist.” A quintet (although their lineup shifted continuously), the group’s primary contains Q-Bert (Wealthy Quitevis), “Mixmaster Mike” Schwartz, and Shortkut (J. Cruz), with …