Hi-C: Me and Quik Were The First Rappers To Claim Piru Openly, talks standoff against Death Row

In this episode of the Gangster Chronicles podcast we sit down with Compton legend Hi-C. We discuss his start at the Roadium swap meet with Tony A and Steve Yanos. We then talk about DJ Quik's early days and how the crew of Suga Free, 2nd to None, AMG and Mausberg came together.
We also touch on Black Tone and their infamous standoff at Death Row records
#Hi-C #djquik
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[@clestephen]

DJ Quik deserves a Hollywood Star! I’ve been saying this for years.

[@MrHowse-rt5bo]

Quik*

[@allornothingang]

THATS A SUPER FACTS ⭐

[@richlucas555]

Str8 up

[@kingclove1879]

I agree

[@louisnorris252]

Aman

[@droopyzvideoscuh1052]

His covers of sitten in the park n im not your puppet were legendary 🐐🐐🐐🐐

[@mrkilo-g8794]

Love the songs mixes and cut by Tony A on that album, they made it work good on the oldies🔥🔥🔥

[@omegawicked1]

Excellent

[@straightlead8]

Jack Move was his best work

[@lowkeywun878]

@@straightlead8 I meaaan copadreeee!........😆

[@allornothingang]

HELL YEA

[@henryduren7026]

Still bumping "leave my curl alone" Peace to HI C, and always bumping DJ Quik (west coast love)

[@sinverrette9803]

Damn you went waaaaaay back off the Skanless album. "Leave my curl aloone you can cut yo hair di anything you choose" 🤣 That was the cut.. Funk Rap Sanga was my shit too.. on my Playlist to this day. Second II None, AMG, Sugafree, everybody that they named. Miss those days....

[@DPGizzle.]

​@@sinverrette9803Honorable mention to Penthouse Players Clique

[@blasian_nate]

Quik, Hi-C, KK, D, & AMG and the PPC, was the crew bacc in the early 90's!

[@Sputz3]

304 Clik!

[@leomabry5231]

"I'm not your puppet" classic

[@leoatrulionking7772]

Leave leave. ...leave my curl alone 😁

[@sunsetcity1111]

Say woop woop

[@BankkeyAoshi]

Thank you Hi-C for all of your contributions. Much love and blessings.

[@allornothingang]

FACTS

[@kylearchie]

I do know what happened at LAX with Tony A 😂

[@fideltorres6380]

Cool thing about Hi C as a rapper back then, great story teller and could understand every word he was spitting 👍🏽🎙️

[@allornothingang]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@lauracatha3625]

I remember going to a DJ Quick concert at the house of blues with all the homies. It was a bomb ass night. Love y’all. Grew up listening to y’all. Thank you.

[@benevolmind]

Then why would you call him DJ Quick and not DJ Quik wit no C

[@barryisa7353]

I member I went to a Quick at the Anaheim house of blues and two different groups of Hispanics got down

[@jackhandy9141]

ITS THE Q TO THE U TO THE I TO THE K OK.....................

[@lawrencebledsoe3686]

Take out the "C"...

[@kaelesley9559]

@@benevolmind the Ck as a blood would stand for Crip killer, which why everyone saying write it right in respect... DJ Quik

[@triplecrownwinner6897]

Hi C, 2nd 2 None, AMG, DJ Quik….man I wanna say they all put out albums in 91 maybe 92 …whatever year it was that summer was fuckn lit and their albums had all the parties, kickbacks and cruising turnt up.. these artist had a huge impact on my teenage years!!

[@Cashmere.Kufi_88]

Indeed ! out here in the greater KCMO area Quik Hi C AMG 2md II None had those summer days and nights in the streets feeling right it's nostalgic when I still play some of their songs

[@sinverrette9803]

I swear.. legit makes me miss those days. I remember meeting Hi-C in Inglewood as a teen. He was a straight asshole tho. Hated his azz for a long time 🤣🤣🤣 but still bumped his shit. I realized it wasnt me tho..

[@DPGizzle.]

Honorable mention to Penthouse Players Clique

[@triplecrownwinner6897]

@@DPGizzle. hell yeah they had a classic album

[@Sapicco]

Playa Hamms Layin Hands is an album everyone needs to hear

[@deejaydosmuchoz5209]

I remember when I was on the way to go do one of those “vacation“ in the 2000, I was talking to someone about music and I mentioned hi C Skanless album, Dude told me he walked around with that album and his podcast for two years straight just to make sure wherever he pulled up at he could slap it.. shots out to The wizard Dj tony a .. hi -c I am Steve Yano rest in peace to our contributions to the West Coast hip-hop💯

[@thedjkingassassin]

I remember HI C as a kid i would run into him at local L.A clubs i always told him i liked his stitched HI C hat he always had a smile on his face was cool af and still is...

[@Blah678]

Growing up Quik, AMG, Hi-C, 2nd to none use to make those dope collaborations. They shit was solid.

[@alexxxanderstarr]

His scene in Malibu most wanted is unforgettable

[@sinverrette9803]

Oh shyt.. one of my favorite scenes 🤣🤣🤣 thats my movie.

[@MatTech101]

Him and Big Steele

[@smannp]

I can hear it now Hi C, MC Eiht and Dj Quik would be a classic. Make it happen pimps. 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

[@rockfresh5359]

😅

[@4823able]

'", Leave my curl alone" that's my shit

[@anetricejones4263]

Good To see Hi-C doing an interview.. good guy..so down to earth..I feel like I got to know more about him..Wish Quik was part of this interview. Much love to Hi-C..

[@cblack3737]

I remember Quick doin a concert in a lil hood club in St Louis smack in crip territory back in the day. Wasn't nothing but about 10 Damus in the building the ENTIRE building. Man I swear he had them jokers 38 Hot! Quick was the originator. Yall gotta remember it wasn't like it is today. Back then ERBODY wanted to be crips. Every damn body!

[@k104st]

Outnumbered like a mf lmfao

[@m_w501]

Except in Little Rock, AR.

[@cblack3737]

@@m_w501 bro back then to be a Damu meant you had no choice but to stand on bizness. Mfs nowadays got it easy.

[@fernardwicks1473]

Tell it C.Black....thats the truth!!!

[@johnjames1833]

@@cblack3737 Yeah fr

[@blueking5016]

Bi*** Better Have My Money Was One Of My Favorite Songs. GOD I WISH I COULD GO BACK TO THOSE OLD DAYS KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW..

[@OnDubbz]

Good to see HiC speaking… rap legends like him NEEd their voices heard nowadays. Let these youngsters know what’s what. Real music. Real street cats. Real connections across the color lines. Red and Blue make green. We need to control our situations and operate efficiently together. Communicate, and resolve our issues privately.

[@matttreece9036]

Great interview OG’s. Shout out Tony A. Rip Steve Yano and rodium and Compton swap meet and VIP records in the LBC. Shout out Julio G and 1580 Kday and rip Eazy. 88 boomin Bass! Banger. Shout out toddy Tee and the batteram. Shout out Kam from Compton and above the law. Keep the culture alive. MTV raps ed lover Dr. Dre. Dj quick. One love y’all and thank you! Rip jewell and all the fallen soldiers. Stay blessed and keep God first! Peace from the LBC

[@kactusjaxson2965]

"My name is the Crawf/ The C.R.A.W.F.O.R.D/ The poet Hi-C" he killed that. Skanless

[@jesset2504]

Every Quik posse cut was on point.

[@derekross6649]

Quik is like my cousin I never met. Grew up with all his music. Owned all his CDs bought with my money as a young person. Legend.

[@sinverrette9803]

Me too!! I legit had EVERY Quik CD.. then mfer stole my CD case. Heartbroken. Best believe hes on my Pandora tho. I was just playing "Skanless" off the Quik Is The Name album.. my favorite cut aside from "Locced Out Hood"..

[@mbusoguma5504]

Good to see this intelligent brother doing well, being healthy. Happy Eiht n Quik squashed it. We grew up on Westcoast rap on the other side of the world 🙏🏿

[@sinverrette9803]

Damn "The Roadium"... that's where i used to get my karate slippers. Still think about it. The black ones with the brown bottoms. Man.. was just talking about Mausberg (RIP).. he was 🔥 frfr. I was so IN LOVE with DJ Quik and Hi-C. Sugafree still tough than a mfer! I miss home.. so glad I grew up around that time.

[@marclong7780]

Aw damn!! LMAO 😂😂 not the karate shoes!! Had a few pairs myself, to niggaz fightin on the grass with those on is comedy! And don't get in trouble back then and have to get whooped with them!! That shit hurts!!

[@MrHowse-rt5bo]

One of the biggest lies told is: “HipHop is a young man’s game.” That was how they restricted and/or limited our creativity. Beyond that, your maturity ain’t valued, and it’s against the agenda.

[@fhearox3600]

That's true Mr.Howse.. facts

[@csnodgers9025]

HI-C always spit that 🔥. Never heard him have a wack verse ever! So underrated it's ridiculous.

[@sinverrette9803]

Facts

[@josephmiller5652]

East coast born that gave love to California(70% of the music I played came from California....above the law, hi-c, penthouse player's clique, south central cartel, tha liks, nwa and the members that went solo...bg knockout n gangsta dresta,dru down, luniz,...just to name some of my favorites that I still play today...

[@leomabry5231]

Straight legend HI-C 🦍🔥💯 remember getting his 1st tape/album 🔥🔥🔥

[@low2640]

I remember Steve from the Rodium. I actually got him to find and bring Too Short's first song Attack of the Flat Booty Bitches down to L.A. After that, anytime SShort released anything, he grabbed it and put one to the side for me

[@gregorykirkendoll2640]

A MIDWEST BORN CAT. Grew up listening to the WEST COAST. And the whole QUIK CREW WAS THE SHIT. 75yr born CLASSIC SHIT

[@kactusjaxson2965]

Hell yeah! Midwest but gree up on that whole camp

[@OnDubbz]

Shout out to HiC and that whole camp. Quik, ATL, Mausberg (RIP), Suga Free, BlackTone, and 2nd2None. CMW, ICET, NWA, etc… west coast legends. Dudes who put the west coast on the map in the rap game. But that’s facts, and I’d LOVE to see Quik and Eiht do an album. Featuring that whole original camp. From both sides.

[@DPGizzle.]

Honorable mention to Penthouse Players Clique

[@lawrencebledsoe3686]

"I am the crof, da C.R.A.W.Ford, ya boy Hi-C"... He's one of my favorite rhymers from California!

[@Psykho-]

This is a underground uncut diamond 💎 Homiee great shit

[@jesset2504]

“Sweat from my balls” is still one of my favorites !

[@Makaveli.827]

Just seeing this interview bring back good memories 1luv Hi-C I was one of the first homies out my hood bumping your albums.....

[@tonysandoval3rd821]

I swear I seen a news report “hi-c the rappper passed away” in 2017 Me n my uncle seen it on the news I clearly remember this because my uncle went to high school with him and was in shock!

[@lawrencebledsoe3686]

A MC Eiht and DJ Quik album would slap the shizzle out the game!!!

[@AlavonMajor]

Dope ass interview..much love to the legend Hi-C💯

[@foolstexas12]

Man in 93 I bought my first rap tape when he drop that Swing’N and I was young TEXAS boy from San Antonio haha… dope ass album!!

[@MrNacho1955]

Dj quik so underrated, don’t forget to Add Boo Yah Tribe putting bloods / piru on the map . Above the law was so underrated too

[@TLricks]

We definitely need a quick & eight album 💥💯

[@loyal2thesoil412]

Real talk them my niggaz right there !! The originals gangstas solo bolo bangin on wax . Cuz them kats came out solo artist back in the late 80s early 90s .

[@TLricks]

@@loyal2thesoil412 🤜🏽🤛🏽💯

[@Motown1911]

Quik and Eiht - listen to Dollaz & Sense by Quik "you left out the G cuz the G ain't in you"

[@loyal2thesoil412]

@@Motown1911 ok and death wish one and two was both recognized to quick , but that was a cold piece by quick telling eiht leaving the G cuz the G ain't you ,,,,, BOTH THEM KATS ARE MY FAVORITE OFF TOP . E$O

[@allahwise7272]

I always wanted to hear an interview from dude... sounds like a good brother, respect 👊

[@Binky-Stikman101]

Jeri Curl & Sittin at the park are the jams I remember the most

[@stevenramirezmistersmokes6379]

OG HI-C#1 LEGEND!

[@lynndellrobinson9022]

That's my Nigga since the SKANLESS album!! From Oklahoma.....

[@damonrussell2016]

HI-C a Compton California Legend Dope music

[@TheTruthAllDay]

W/S Trees in the building

[@WSPhillies1342]

Hi-c wrote straight outta lo cash holy shit 😂😂😂 sweat from my balls!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cjbrown420]

Bro Blew my mind I had no clue lmao

[@derekross6649]

HI-C best verse was on " Get Together" on the Rhythmalism album. Salute!

[@texascyclone89]

I know hi c doesn't do many interviews this was dope.

[@marklawrence76]

AMG music still bump in Chicago

[@joccity414]

When somebody gone interview MC Ren??

[@EastAtlantaGator]

2nd to none was my Favorite...So Underrated

[@kactusjaxson2965]

I use to listen to the whole crew faithfully. Anytime they drop something to this day, I'm checking it out. One question that I always had & still.do is wth happened to JFN? He was all over the Way 2 Fonky album, then gone without a trace lol

[@keldorthebluemack]

Hi-C was always cool even though they was street niggas him and the crew always made songs that was relatable to the regular guy around the corner.I always wondered though who was he dissing in his song Wannabe I thought it was Ice Cube

[@marclong7780]

I always thought he had a small beef with Too Short.

[@keldorthebluemack]

@@marclong7780 He did but that was squashed real fast before that second album even came out

[@marclong7780]

@@keldorthebluemack Oh okay.

[@NEWSTYLE66]

the whole crew Quik Amg Free 220 Hi C did a concert at a LA Sports Arena car show back in 2001 or 02 and it was flawless how they just intwinded with each other

[@EastAtlantaGator]

I use to listen to his first album ..I was hustling in East Atlanta back round 91

[@JayQuarius]

DJ Quick was the first rapper/DJ that I had ever heard of at the time. Most guys were MCs. Quick was the first rapper that put the DJ instead MC...at that time

[@kactusjaxson2965]

Right.. which was raw as hell

[@shonblankskkkkkinsl0poo0lo95]

Im from Tennessee I been bumping Hi C

[@kactusjaxson2965]

Man, this is the crew I grew up listening to. "I remember the day when Tony A slipped/ the fool messed around and he caught the drips" 🤣

[@jjaysmellsgood]

Hi C …much love and respect Bruh

[@johnpotter7018]

This is a dope interview! Hi- C is a legend! Grand demonstration my brother 🙌🏿

[@jermainecollins6721]

About time love hi c quick second to none amg love them guys

[@elidasuarez1968]

I love Hi-C. He is one solid dude. ❤

[@Fba_Leo]

Wuddup HI C been rockin witchyall since the underground tape. Leave my curl alone was one of my fav solo songs by you

[@Fba_Leo]

Hi C should let G Perico flip that song “Leave My Curl Alone”

[@marclong7780]

@@Fba_Leo That'll probably be dope af!

[@MrScrooge1980]

Dope interview, living Legend 💯

[@SBALL140en]

Hi-C my man! Big ups 💯💯💪🏽

[@JamesVader47xx]

Thank you for this Hi C might be my earliest music memory I need this big influence on my career

[@siddiqsharif4061]

Yep was bumping HI C ,AMG, Quik, Second2None, Female Boss..Jr High days ago 💯.

[@mnoell35]

This popped up,because I listen to “Let me Know” a lot!!

[@andoversandlot8491]

Sitting in the park , let me know are both classics

[@ogzeehunnidthemillionaire7465]

Much Respect and love from East Oakland 💯👍🏽

[@JuanGarcia-po6to]

DJ Quik is one fresh producer rapper mixer engineer and HI-C is a good rapper i just want new music ASAP from them and second ll none good interview big steel keep pushing my G

[@mariogallego5513]

Back in the day in the early 90's,you couldnt find HI-C's album. It was always sold out every store I went to.

[@Outcastmc69]

West coast greatness indeed

[@mrkilo-g8794]

1:13:50 Yep 💯 (I understand what you guys are saying though, yeah every city is unique in their own way)

[@LuStevens]

Crawf is dope ! I wish he would have embraced his Mexican audience more like Rodney O does ….and his biggest hits were produced by Tony A

[@turtlewax3849]

The Berryessa Flea Market in San Jose was also doing a lot of west coast hip hop. Good times, and Hi C was hot as a story teller back then. good days. Golden Age of hip hop.

[@malibumaniaks]

Hi C n the crew straight🔥🔥

[@gaddyify]

My boy Hi-C!!!!!!!! My favorite song was Bullshit.

[@nickhall6809]

This dope, cause I grew up listening to Hi-c & Dj Quik and 2nd II none AMG… dope azz interview

[@mygarentals9594]

I agree with Hi-C, I got the same impression about Suge after personally meeting him as a friend of a friend.

[@ComptonJune]

2 ada time…i still slap that old school Hi-C…cool to still see crawf doing ok in 2022

[@williamerickson4871]

I use to walk by death row records everyday when I had to catch the Wilshire bus. I use to see all types of fine ass females going into that place. Then the day they put up that Buffy and Pig billboard was 😭😭😭

[@Outcastmc69]

This was such a dope interview wow.

[@ducemanfuckthawurld7999]

shout out Crawf Dogg aka Hi-C... EVERYBODY in tha 304 Posse wuz tha shit!!

[@RealColdG]

Awesome interview Big Steele

[@leomabry5231]

My bigcuz/bro RIH James Cornell Perry 🙏🙏 had the loudest system in our city Battle Creek Michigan

[@kannon3979]

Awesome content. There's a lot of gems that was dropped in this interview. 💪🏾

[@Makaveli.827]

Hi-C The Legend

[@bigmac43]

I remember bumping dj quick then came hi c and AMG

[@thereverend510]

A a DJ Quik and MC Eiht album would be crazy we need that

[@Polictin]

We use to hit hot models to hi-c song “jack move”…under rated song

[@goldheart47]

Blessings to you brothers, you spoke nothing but truth.

[@peterjohnson8226]

HELL YEAH, IM KI-WAY AND I KNOW THAT BROTHER DJ QUICC DO DESERVE A WALK OF FAME

[@732RECCS]

BOO-YAA TRIBE WAS THE "1ST" PIRUS-FACTS

[@waxelfoley6624]

💯

[@rayrice7955]

Hi-C Compton Legend

[@18luckyvlogs]

Craw had a boss Pearl White With Gold Leaf custom graphics on the tail gate El Camino with the whole bed customed plushed out with big beat when he was in Junior High School with the 125 Kawasaki Dirt Bike but he was always chill and humble. Salute Craw

[@ronniesneed7769]

B1G WH1600P unto DJ Quik, Hi-C (RuInPower Mausberg) N humble s/o to the podcast