The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place – lots of times, you’re even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good – so once a week we’re going to get with a rapper and ask ...

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 ...

According to social media, white TikTok teens are now discovering the “chopped and screwed” production style created and popularized by late deejay, DJ Screw. Suggested Reading ‘Antebellum’ and Other ...

A new book tells the story of the influential Houston producer with interviews of the people who knew and worked with him. His voice is among the most influential in modern day hip-hop. And now, two ...

Screw Day: the only 24-hour period when you can guarantee that every Houston hip-hop station will be playing posse cuts by DJ Screw and the rap collective he started, Screwed Up Click (S.U.C.). It’s a ...

The act of slowing down a song seems so simple, but Houston’s DJ Screw, born Robert Davis Jr., created a revolutionary, sacred genre called “chopped and screwed.” He realized that slowing down the ...

A real musical legacy never fades. There are always things like songs, albums or people that help keep an artist's memory afloat after they've passed. And in the case of the fallen legend DJ Screw, ...

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 ...

Back in 1998, Houston’s ABC television affiliate aired an interview with a local hip-hop superstar whose meteoric rise had taken the city by storm. The segment features Robert Earl Davis Jr.—known as ...

With a TV miniseries on the way and the enduring popularity of his chopped-and-screwed production style, Houston’s DJ Screw remains a vital cultural figure 22 years after his death. Now a new ...

His name is Robert Davis Sr., and he's the father of Robert Davis Jr., who is otherwise known as DJ Screw. For this reason, the elder Davis prefers to be known as "Papa Screw." Papa Screw's son died ...

We spoke to Lance Scott Walker, the author of the thorough but breezy DJ Screw biography, A Life In Slow Revolution. When it comes to DJ Screw (real name Robert Earl Davis Jr), it’s sometimes ...