Matthew William Dike was an American music executive, record producer, and DJ.
15 Facts About Matt Dike
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Matt Dike co-founded the hip-hop record label Delicious Vinyl in 1987.
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Matt Dike co-wrote and produced the song "Bust A Move" by Young MC, and co-produced "Smart Girls" by Brian Wilson.
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Matt Dike was born on December 2,1961, in Suffern, New York to Tanya Kulikoff, a homemaker, and Constant Dike, a general contractor.
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Matt Dike's family moved to Tuxedo Park, New York, where he attended high school.
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Matt Dike was Jean-Michel Basquiat's studio assistant for four years during Basquiat's intermittent residencies in Los Angeles.
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Matt Dike first met Basquiat while DJing at a party at New York University in 1978.
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In 1982, while Matt Dike was the gallery assistant at Gagosian Gallery in West Hollywood, he befriended film director Tamra Davis, then a gallery assistant at Ulrike Kantor Gallery in West Hollywood.
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Matt Dike helped stretch canvases and installed work for Basquiat's 1982 exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery.
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Matt Dike took Basquiat and his companions Rammellzee and Toxic to Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard.
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Matt Dike took them to the Rhythm Lounge bar on Melrose Avenue where Dike worked as doorman.
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Matt Dike worked on the album as a member of the Dust Brothers production crew.
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Ross claimed that despite demanding for Matt Dike to resume his responsibilities, he failed to attend board meetings and missed other critical meetings pertaining to the label's business.
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On January 16,2018, Matt Dike died of complications of salivary gland cancer at his home in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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Matt Dike is survived by his brother Lane and sister Vikyana Dike.