DJ Screw Biography

Robert Earl Davis Jr., popularly known as 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.

DJ Screw Age|Nationality

He was born on 20 July 1971 and died on 16 November 2000 when he was 29 years old. Being born in Bastrop, Texas, USA, DJ Screw is of American nationality.

DJ Screw Spouse|Divorced

He seems very secretive about his relationship status, details about it are not yet available. Information about his dating affairs or him having a girlfriend, wife or kids is not yet known and will be updated as soon as it is confirmed and reviewed.

DJ Screw Family

He was born to his parents, Robert Earl Davis, Sr.(father), and Ida May Deary(mother). His father was a long-haul truck driver and was absent from home for much of his childhood. His mother, 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 9 years.

DJ Screw Education

As of education background, not much is known. Detailed information about her early education is currently under review and will be updated as soon as it is confirmed and reviewed.

DJ Screw Songs

–  South Side
–  Pimp The Pen
–  My Mind Went Blank
–  The Game Goes On
–  Cloverland
–  H-Town

–  Sippin’ Codine
–  Run the Streets
–  Sailin’ Da South
–  High With the Banksta
–  South Side Groovin
–  Leanin’
–  Blue 22 Freestyle
–  G-ride

–  Sunny Day
–  Bangin Screw
–  Inside Looking Out
–  3 In The Morning
–  Smokin’ and Leanin’
–  25 Lighter’z

–  Elbows Swangin’
–  Watch Yo Screw
–  Screw Mix
–  Like Yesterday
–  Interview
–  Straighten It Out

–  3rd Coast
–  Wheel Watchers
–  In The House Tonight
–  New Friends New Foes
–  Them Boyz Down South
–  Tell Me Something Good

DJ Screw Career

In 1983, when he was 12 years, DJ began Deejaying and started his trademark slowed-down mixes in 1990, the style became his main focus in late 1991 and early 1992. The mixes began as special compilations requested by friends and those in the know. Soon, he 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.

His career began to advance once he met Russell Washington of BigTyme Recordz and signed to the label. He later moved to a house in the 7600 blocks of Greenstone Street near Gulfgate Mall. Fans, some driving from far away areas such as Dallas and Waco, lined up at his door to obtain his recordings.

He started his own business and opened a shop up on 7717 Cullen Blvd in Houston, TX, called Screwed Up Records and Tapes. It has been shown in numerous music videos and documentaries as well as independent films. In the early 2010s, this location closed.

It has since been relocated to 3538 West Fuqua, Houston, TX. Fans may also purchase merchandise, including mixtapes, on the S.U.C. website. There are now several Screwed Up Records and Tapes spread out through Texas, including one in Beaumont and in Austin.

DJ Screw Albums

–  All Work No Play
–  As the World Turns Slow
–  Purple Drank
–  Sentimental Value
–  11.16.00, Vol.2
–  11.16.09

–  June 27, Vol.2
–  Screw Tape in the Deck, Pt 3: The Final Chapter
–  11/16/2000 Volume 3
–  Million Dollar Mexican
–  Diary of the Originator: Chapter 155 – No Love
–  Diary of the Originator: Chapter 137 – Blue 22
–  Stressed OUT

–  3 ‘n the Mornin’
–  Bigtyme Recordz, Vol. II: All Screwed Up
–  3 ‘n the Mornin’ (Part One)
–  The Legend
–  All Work No Play, Vol. 2
–  Mo City Grey
–  Done Deal

–  Chapter 16 – Late Night Fuckin Yo Bitch
–  Bigtyme Recordz ’95 – ’99
–  Best of the Best, Volume 3
–  Singles from the Album “The Legend”
–  All Screwed Up, Volume II
–  Road Trip, Vol. 5: Revenge of the Jew
–  3 n Mornin Mix
–  Bigtyme Recordz Presents: Banging DJ Screw

DJ Screw Net worth

As of 2019, his estimated net worth is currently under review and will be updated as soon as possible. Detailed information regarding his property, cars he owned, airplanes, luxuries, houses are also not known and will be updated as soon as it is confirmed and reviewed.

DJ Screw Death|Funeral

On 16 November 2000, he was found dead inside of his Houston recording studio in the 8100 blocks of Commerce Park Drive. His fans speculated about the true cause of his death. When the coroner reports were released, they confirmed that he died of a codeine overdose in addition to mixed drug intoxication.

The codeine came from a prescription-strength cough syrup that he would mix with soda to concoct purple drank. In addition to codeine, Valium and PCP were found in his blood. His funeral took place at Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church in his hometown of Smithville, Texas.

After his death, his father Robert Earl Davis, Sr., founded the DJ Screw Foundation to honor and carry on his son’s musical legacy. DJ Screw: The Untold Story, a CD/DVD on the rap artist, was released by Double Platinum Entertainment in 2006.

The first annual DJ Screwfest, held in Pasadena, Texas, in July of that year, celebrated the rapper’s music and hosted popular rap performers and a car show. M. D. Anderson Library at the University of Houston hosted an exhibit, DJ Screw and the Rise of Houston Hip Hop, in 2012.

DJ Screw Trivia

He released over 200 mixtapes and was recognized as an innovator mostly on a regional level until his death of codeine overdose in 2000. Screw’s legacy was discovered by a wider audience around 2005 and has gone on to influence a wide variety of artists.

DJ has been a considerable influence in the Houston scene and beyond, helping to cement his legacy as an underappreciated avant-gardist, creator of a sui generis sound that’s still growing and mutating.

Rick Perry, the Texas governor, honored him by making him an official Texas Music Pioneer. The Houston Press named the 1995 album 3 in the Mornin’ (Part Two) as no. 13 on its list of the 25 best Houston rap albums of all time, crediting the release for the way it helped shape Houston’s hip-hop culture.

In 2004, when the Houston hip-hop scene became nationally prominent, many of the biggest acts could be traced to DJ Screw’s crew, the Screwed Up Click. Many artists outside of Houston rap have been influenced by Screw’s work, including experimental electronic artists such as Oneohtrix Point Never, Balam Acab, How to Dress Well, and Rabit.

He created hundreds of mixtapes that featured slowed-down sound and repetition of key lines. DJ Screw was a fixture on the Houston hip hop DJ scene who pioneered the now-famous Chopped and Screwed technique. His famous albums include 3’n the Mornin’: Part Two and Since the Gray Tapes Vol.