Fat Tony isn’t fat, but when I interview him, he is sweaty. He just finished performing on a stage outside a historical pirate boat in 90-degree weather for the annual 4 Knots Festival hosted by the ...

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 ...

Over the years, June 27 has evolved into a day of remembrance for DJ Screw. Screw, whose name was Robert Earl Davis Jr., is a hip-hop legend across Houston and the broader south for pioneering the ...

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 ...

As we approach DJ Screw Day on June 27, Spotify and Gimlet Media's "Mogul" podcast series has chosen to highlight none other than the man known as the Originator, DJ Screw. In season three of the ...

DJ Screw has been a mythic figure in underground music, in life flourishing by word-of-mouth promotion. He was so recognizable in a pre-Twitter world that he couldn't move around Houston without being ...

From DJ Screw to Dave Chappelle, Trae Tha Truth’s truth tells Houston’s past, present and future into Hip-Hop history. Houston Hip-Hop has always marched to the beat of its own slowed-down, ...

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 ...

Celebrated annually on June 27, DJ Screw Day commemorates the life, career and loss of DJ Screw, the king of Houston hip-hop. Although it’s not officially a holiday, DJ Screw Day has become an annual ...

DJ Screw has been a mythic figure in underground music, in life flourishing by word-of-mouth promotion. He was so recognizable in a pre-Twitter world that he couldn't move around Houston without being ...