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\n\tDJ Quik\u2019s son, David Marvin Blake Jr., has been convicted of second-degree murder, TMZ<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n \n\tThe incident in question<\/a> happened in 2022 in the Los Angeles suburb of Downey, California, where 33-year-old Julio Moises Cardoza Jr. was shot and killed. According to authorities, Blake fired multiple shots from inside a vehicle before fleeing the scene. The victim was then rushed to the hospital where he later died from a gunshot wound to the chest. The suspect, who was 27 years old at the time, was arrested the next day.<\/p>\n \n\tThe legendary producer found himself in the news<\/a> earlier this summer when a fan on social media said, \u201cDJ Quik is actually who everyone thinks Dr. Dre<\/a> is,\u201d to which Quik replied, \u201cFinally. Someone had the balls to say it.\u201d That\u2019s not the first time he\u2019s addressed his friendly rivalry with Dre. In 2022, he said that he felt like he should be as highly regarded and as successful as is West Coast counterpart. \u201cI know it\u2019s early. But I deserve to be where Dre is,\u201d he wrote on X. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair, but I understand why. I\u2019ve never had a machine behind me, that always hurt my friends more than it did me.\u201d Quik was in attendance when Dre got his star<\/a> on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024.<\/p>\n \n\tBlake is facing 40 years in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced on February 6, 2026.<\/p>\n