Qbert started his musical career in a group called FM20 with Mix Master Mike and
DJ Apollo in 1990. In
New York City when playing a show, FM20 was spotted by
Crazy Legs, who invited them to join the
Rock Steady Crew. They accepted the offer to join the crew. Going by the name Rock Steady DJs, they then proceeded to take the 1992
Disco Mix Club World DJ Championships (DMC) world title. Qbert was also one of the founding members of the band
Invisibl Skratch Piklz. Although there were other turntablist crews before the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, the Skratch Piklz were the first to apply the band concept to
turntablism, layering drums, basslines, and scratch solos on top of each other. Qbert, along with other Skratch Piklz, created a series of videos entitled
Turntable TV. Now out of print, the first 5 episodes were released on VHS and contained demonstrations, showcases, skits, and other DJ related content. Qbert's solo efforts include 1994's
Demolition Pumpkin Squeeze Musik, and 1998's
Wave Twisters. The latter album was created mainly with samplers and beat machines versus the turntable, and later turned into an animated feature of the same title. He performed in the first
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 1999, becoming the first natural-born Filipino and arguably the first Filipino act to perform at the festival. The 2001 movie
Wave Twisters was somewhat unusual in that the animators and digital artists had to invent images and movements to the pre-recorded music, as opposed to the other way around (Disney's
Fantasia was made the same way). More recently, he has worked with Vestax to develop the QFO, an all-in-one scratching instrument. The QFO combines a turntable with a mixer's crossfader. In 2006, he introduced the Qbert turntable cartridge, a model put out by Ortofon. In May 2009, Qbert launched the Qbert Skratch University, an interactive online learning school and community for DJs through the ArtistWorks website. At the 2016 edition of the DMC World DJ Championships, DJ Q-Bert was awarded with a DMC Legend jacket. He performed again in the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2018. ==Personal life==