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

[6] 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.

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.