There would be no chopped-and-screwed mix without the legend that is DJ Screw… but did you know he was also quite the entrepreneur? Wednesday (Nov. 16) marks 22 years since the world lost the legend ...

Texas hip-hop history is not complete without the mention of Robert Earl Davis Jr., known musically as DJ Screw. In Houston, June 27 is reserved to honor Screw. The tempo slows down as the city plays ...

June 27 is a celebration in Houston. DJ Screw is easily one of Houston's most beloved legends. For those who may not know, Screw is the inventor of the "chopped & screwed" sound. Overall, he pioneered ...

“What’s beautiful about the story of DJ Screw is there’s so many different ways to tell it,” says Walker. “I’m so excited that Houston’s got a crop of young writers that are doing great work down ...

Have you ever accidentally played your favorite song at about three-quarters speed? I once listened to a 45 RPM record at 33 ...

Star Belly, the sixth and final installment of the DJ Screw tribute mixtape series from Rabit a.k.a. Eric C Burton, begins with a clip of an old local news interview with Screw, the man who created ...

The “chopped and screwed” sound has become such a staple of hip-hop that most fans probably don’t even wonder where the slowed-down, stop-start sonic approach came from — and thus, the late DJ Screw, ...

Robert Earl Davis Jr., better known as DJ Screw, will forever be a part of Houston’s cultural makeup. Known as the Originator, the late artist is famous for his skill in slowing down tracks, better ...

As we celebrate the unparalleled career of the legendary Robert “DJ Screw” Davis Jr. during the week of his passing almost a quarter century ago, we decided to explore some of Houston’s most revered ...

DJ Screw has been a mythic figure in underground music, in life flourishing by word-of-mouth promotion. He was so recognizable in a pre-Twitter world that he couldn't move around Houston without being ...

The late, great DJ Screw, born Robert Earl Davis Jr., sold mixtapes in high school for lunch money. He went on to open his own record store—the legendary Screwed Up Records & Tapes—sell hundreds of ...