He’s the one who reminds me to stay dangerous when I do music.” N.O.R.E. questioned if DJ Quik spelled his name without a ‘c’ because of the producer’s affiliation with the Bloods.

In addition to their annual Philadelphia music festival the Roots Picnic ... Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, DJ Quik, Raekwon, E-40, Goodie Mob, Havoc (of Mobb Deep), the Roots themselves, and others ...