Had he still been with us, Houston Hip Hop pioneer Robert Earl Davis Jr., better known around the world as DJ Screw, would be ...

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 ...

Featuring appearances from Bun B, Solange, Megan Thee Stallion, and more. The late DJ Screw and his trademark production style are the subjects of the upcoming documentary, Chopped and Screwed: The ...

Like any artform, music is at its best when it refuses to stand still; rather extending branches from its foundations in perpetual exploration for something as yet undefined. Music is also a ...

The 90s hip-hop technique has found itself more popular than ever thanks to Drake, The Weeknd and the soundtrack of the Oscar-nominated movie Chopping and screwing, a DJing technique invented by ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DJ Screw in his home studio. (Ben DeSoto/Houston Chronicle/Getty Images) Popular streetwear brand Supreme has announced a new ...

Thirty years after it was recorded, the chopped and screwed freestyle that defined Houston hip-hop hasn’t lost its purple glow.

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, ...

Fifteen years after the death of Houston hip-hop legend DJ Screw, six H-Town MCs weigh in on his chopped and screwed legacy. By Dan Rys It’s been 15 years since the death of Houston legend and chopped ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- With his slowed down tempo, DJ Screw gave Houston a sound and changed hip hop forever. DJ Screw is credited for pioneering the sound known as "Chopped and Screwed." "He was the ...

When he died, 10 years ago next week, DJ Screw's druggy, ultra-slow sound was a regional craze. Two decades on and his influence can be felt from chart hip-hop to Swedish electronica. Sometime around ...