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Robert Earl Davis Jr. (July 20, 1971 – November 16, 2000), better known by his stage name DJ Screw, was an American hip hop DJ based in Houston, Texas, and best known as the creator of the chopped and screwed DJ technique.
The 10 Best DJ Screw Mixtapes. In honor of DJ Screw's untimely death we've compiled his 10 best mixtapes. Today, 13 years ago, Robert Earl "DJ Screw" Davis, Jr., died of a codeine...
This mix was the bestselling Screw tape during Screw’s lifetime and contains the most famous freestyle ever recorded by Screw—a thirty-six minute flow by Big Moe, Bird, DeMo, Key-C, Yungstar, Big Pokey, Kay-Luv, and Haircut Joe over Kriss Kross’s “Da Streets Ain’t Right.”
But, of all of the Southern mixtape DJs, no one has impacted hip-hop like the late Houston-based mixtape king/producer, DJ Screw, creator of the turntable technique known as chopped and screwed or Screw Music as it is commonly called by fans known as “screwheads.”
In a new book, DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution, coming April 19, 2022 from the University of Texas Press, Galveston native and writer Lance Scott Walker traces Screw’s path to prominence,...
Robert Earl Davis Jr., better known by his stage name DJ Screw, was an American hip hop DJ based in Houston, Texas, and best known as the creator of the chopped and screwed DJ technique.
With a TV miniseries on the way and the enduring popularity of his chopped-and-screwed production style, Houston’s DJ Screw remains a vital cultural figure 22 years after his death. Now a new...
