Richard Quitevis was born on October 7, 1969, to Filipino immigrant parents hailing from Bacolod, Negros Occidental and Ilocos Sur.

In New York City when playing a show, FM20 was spotted by Crazy Legs, who invited them to join the Rock Steady Crew.

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.

2001's Wave Twisters movie 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).

[10] Qbert's music was featured in the video game Tony Hawk's Underground and he appeared as himself on the Slam City Jam level.