DJ Screw

Quick Facts

Full Name	DJ Screw
Occupation	Dj
Date Of Birth	Jul 20, 1971(1971-07-20)
Age	53
Date Of Death	2000-11-17
Birthplace	Smithville
Country	United States
Birth City	Texas
Horoscope	Cancer

DJ Screw Biography

DJ Screw is one of the most popular and richest DJ who was born on July 20, 1971 in Smithville, Texas, United States. A look at the Houston hip-hop DJ scene, which was the first to pioneer the now famous Chopped and Screwed technique. His most famous albums include 3’n The Mornin” The Part Two along with Since the Gray Tapes Vol. 2.

He had a hand in the work of multiplatinum-selling artist He influenced the work of multiplatinum rapper Lil Flip..

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 now-famous chopped and screwed DJ technique. He was a central and influential figure in the Houston hip hop community and was the leader of Houston’s Screwed Up Click.

Davis began DJing at age 12 in 1983, and started his trademark slowed-down mixes in 1990, the style became his main focus in late 1991 – early 1992. The mixes began as special compilations requested by friends and those in the know. He soon made them available for sale when his close friend Toe offered to buy a mix from him for ten dollars. At that point, customers had increasingly begun requesting his more well-known mixes instead of personalized lists. During the early 1990s, he invited some of the Houston MCs from the city’s south side to rhyme on those mixes. This coalition of emcees eventually became the fathers of the Screwed Up Click. Many members of the Screwed Up Click, or S.U.C., are considered key figures in the canon of Houston hip hop. The original lineup included Big Hawk, Big Moe, E.S.G., and Fat Pat, among others. The crew later gained then upcoming artists such as, Z-Ro , Trae tha Truth as well as Lil Flip. His career began to advance once he met Russell Washington of BigTyme Recordz and signed to the label.

He was the son of Robert Earl Davis, Sr. was a truck driver with long hauls who was away from the family home during his childhood.

DJ Screw Net Worth

DJ Screw is one of the richest Dj from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, DJ Screw 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He made hundreds of mixtapes featuring slow-down sounds and repeated the most important phrases.

The body was discovered to be dead inside his apartment’s bathroom following taking a lethal mixture of alcohol and codeine.

Robert Earl Davis, Jr. was born in Smithville, Texas. His father, Robert Earl Davis Sr., was a long-haul truck driver based in Houston. His mother Ida May Deary (who had a young daughter from a previous marriage), came to the area to be with her mother when her son was born in 1971. She returned to Houston, but the marriage was floundering; soon it would be over, and she and her kids moved to Los Angeles for a couple of years, then back to Houston, and returned to Smithville in 1980 when Davis was age nine.

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Who is DJ Screw Dating?

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The genre sown by DJ Screw has since evolved into a Houston-based subculture that is associated with the recreational consumption of codeine, opulent jewelry and elaborate vintage vehicles. Screw has also left behind a cult following of listeners who self-identify as “screwheads”. A music festival and car show in honor of DJ Screw was set up in 2006. The inaugural DJ Screwfest featured 200 vehicles and a set list featuring notable Houston hip-hop acts like Trae and Chingo Bling. The first festival took place at the Pasadena County Fairgrounds. The 2007 documentary film Screwed In Houston, produced by VBS/Vice Magazine, details the history of the Houston hip hop scene and the influence of the chopped and screwed sub-culture on Houston hip hop. The 5-part series devotes one full episode to DJ Screw and includes video footage of him days before his death. The University of Houston Libraries Houston Hip Hop Research Collection includes the DJ Screw Papers including approximately 1500 vinyl records owned by DJ Screw, original DJ Screw recordings, photographs, handwritten track lists, and more. Some of these materials have been digitized. In January 2020, the biopic TV series All Screwed Up was revealed, detailing the life and events that DJ Screw went through. The show is in development and no date for release has been announced.

Facts & Trivia

DJ Ranked on the list of most popular DJ. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. DJ Screw celebrates birthday on July 20 of every year.

How did DJ Screw pass away?

Drug overdose

How old was DJ Screw when he died?

29 years (1971–2000)

How did DJ Screw get his name?

It was Adkins that gave DJ Screw his nickname, after watching him use a screw to scratch through the grooves of songs he didn’t like. Screw was later sent to live with his father at the Quail Meadows apartment complex in Houston. Screw would work with his turntables while his dad worked nights driving trucks.

Did DJ Screw ever rap?

—a.k.a. DJ Screw—was one of the most influential musical figures to come out of Texas in the past decade. He wasn’t a musician or even a rapper ; he was a guy behind the turntables mixing other people’s music and raps together.

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E.S.G. was eventually hit with a murder charge for the shooting, but that’s not why he was incarcerated. He had been cited for a parole violation for dealing drugs a few weeks earlier. The murder charge didn’t stick; the parole violation did. He was sentenced to prison for two and a half years.