DJ Screw
DJ
Fixture on the Houston hip hop DJ scene who pioneered the now-their Chopped and Screwed technique. His their albums include 3'n the Mornin': Part Two and Since the Gray Tapes Vol. 2.
He created hundreds of mixtapes that featured slowed-down sound and repetition of key lines.
He was found dead in the bathroom of his studio after consuming a lethal combination of codeine and alcohol.
His father, Robert Earl Davis, Sr., was a long-haul truck driver who was absent from home for much of his childhood.
He influenced the work of multiplatinum rapper Lil Flip.