Davis released over 350 mixtapes and was recognized as an innovator mostly on a regional level until his death from codeine overdose in 2000.

Soon it would be over, and she and her kids moved to Los Angeles for a couple of years, then back to Houston, and returned to Smithville in 1980 when Davis was age nine.

However, seeing the 1984 hit break dancing movie Breakin' and discovering his mother's turntable attracted him to music.

King and Johnnie Taylor records and scratched them on the turntable the way DJs did, slowing the spinning disc and then allowing it to speed back up, playing with sound.

Davis began buying records of his own and would spin with his friend Trey Adkins, who would rhyme.

According to Adkins, "Screw had a jam box and he hooked up two turntables to it and made a fader out of the radio tuner so he could deejay."

Screw's labors often sound like rap records played underwater on an old cassette deck that's running out of batteries and needs its tape heads cleaned.

He started his own business and opened a shop up on 7717 Cullen Blvd in Houston, TX, called Screwed Up Records and Tapes.

[2] On November 16, 2000, Davis was found dead inside his Houston recording studio in the 8100 block of Commerce Park Drive.

[6] When the coroner reports were released, they confirmed that he died of a codeine overdose in addition to mixed drug intoxication.

[2] DJ Screw has been a considerable influence in the Houston scene and beyond, "helping to cement his legacy as an underappreciated avant-gardist, creator of a sui generis sound that's still growing and mutating.

The genre shown by DJ Screw has since evolved into a Houston-based subculture that is associated with the recreational consumption of codeine, opulent jewelry and elaborate vintage vehicles.

The five-part series devotes one full episode to DJ Screw and includes video footage of him days before his death.

The song pays homage to his legacy and influence, with Travis Scott, a Houston native, acknowledging his impact on the city's music culture.

[13] The "Screwtapes" were mixtapes that DJ Screw made himself and mainly sold from his house or when traveling to do shows.