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DJ Screw Biography

"Like painter Vincent van Gogh, DJ Screw didn't have a successful career until after his death. Six feet under, DJ Screw had an entire album dedicated to him, released almost a year after his November 2000 overdose. The Screw Heads Forever & a Day is a 16-track album dedicated to the Texas producer and remixer.Born Robert Earl Davis Jr., he was born in Bastrop, Texas and grew up in Houston. He dropped out of high school to pursue music and made a name for himself in the early ‘90s when he requested that several hot rappers join him on his Screw tapes. Jamming on the tapes, Screwed Up Click developed from Screw's innovations. As p2p programs were becoming popular, the Houston based group found themselves nationally known for their modern hip-hop, leading to mainstream released, like ""All Screwed up, Vol. 1,"" ""3 N The Mornin' Part 1,"" and ""All Work, No Play.""Though for the most part DJ Screw remained in the underground scene, he kept a loyal and strong fan base due in part to programs like Napster. When he opened up Screwed Up Records and Tapes in Houston in 1998 he was able to sell more of his own cassettes and the hundred-plus mixes that he had created in the few years since he launched his business.In the mid ‘90s Priority Records offered DJ Screw a record deal, but he turned it down, proving that the music was more important than the money. He continued to release mixtapes, including June 27 and The Final Chapter. He saw success via prodigies, not only in fellow Houston rappers like Chamillionaire and Paul Wall, but also in Lil' Flip's hit album, Game Over. An advocate of the ""syrup sippin'"" age, a Southern rap phenomenon that involved codeine-infused cough syrup, DJ Screw overdosed on a mixture of codeine and drugs in November 2000."

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    "The rapper that found success in advocating a drug infused song found his death with the drug inspired action. DJ Screw's hit by Three 6 Mafia's ""Sipping on Some Syrup"" in 2000 eventually resulted in the overdose of the Houston native just months later. The ""syrup sippin'"" phenomena was lead by this producer and remixer who burgeoned the Houston rap scene with his label Screwed Up Records and Tapes located in Houston.Available on PlayPhone's website is a single by DJ Screw and Big Chance called ""Telephone Love."" The single is from the 2006 album Apt 100 Where It All Began under the label Oarfin. The album was released six years after DJ Screw's death, proving that even a brutal ending can result in mainstream success. His 1996 cassette (DJ Screw tended to record his work on cassettes, though most of his fans downloaded his music via the newly formed Napster) 3 ‘N The Mornin' Pt. 1 peaked at number 52 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, while the Pt. 2 reached the 33rd spot on Billboard's Heatseekers. The 2001 album The Legend, which featured 27 legendary DJ Screw tracks, peaked on the Top Independent Albums at 17."