AUDIO :: REMEMBERING DJ SCREW…
VIA Zalukhu
DJ Screw is Robert Earl Davis, Jr, born on July 20, 1971 and died on November 16, 2000. DJ Screw had lived in Smithville, Houston, and Los Angeles; at one point his father took him to Houston in order to keep him from trouble. He received his first turn table at age 10.
There DJ Screw lived in a working class, mostly African American neighborhood near Hobby Airport described by Michael Hall of Texas Monthly as “hard-edged.” DJ Screw dropped out of Sterling High School during his 10th grade year and focused on music.
DJ Screw became famous after releasing some of his famous “Screw Tapes” and unique phrases such as: “lay’in it dawn”, and “kno~ what im saya’n”. His music is looked up to these days by many lovers of hip-hop
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