{"id":154992,"date":"2020-01-21T05:13:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T13:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/?p=154992"},"modified":"2020-01-21T05:13:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T13:13:29","slug":"dj-screw-houston-hip-hop-legends-life-adapted-into-tv-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/dj-screw-houston-hip-hop-legends-life-adapted-into-tv-series","title":{"rendered":"DJ Screw: Houston Hip-Hop Legend&#8217;s Life Adapted Into TV Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The creator of the infamous Houston chopped and screwed sound is finally getting a biopic released about his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans will be able to see and learn about Houston\u2019s Robert Earl Davis Jr., better known as DJ Screw, through the new episodic biopic titled All Screwed Up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to VIBE, the biopic is directed by filmmaker Isaac \u201cChill\u201d Yowman and \u201cis based on the life of DJ Screw and the happenings of his Screwed Up Click label.\u201d The trailer shows the many obstacles that Screw had to go through to become the innovator of the chopped and screwed sound that he is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year makes 20 years since Screw passed away from a codeine overdose in his studio. His ability to slow down beats coincided with an increase of people drinking codeine. He and other Houston rappers often mentioned the mixture in their music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe first thing [people] think of when they hear Screw\u2019s name, or Screw music in general, is the syrup sippin\u2019,\u201d says Cedric \u201cESG\u201d Hill, a Houston rapper associated with the Screwed Up Click. \u201cThat\u2019s just the culture down here and a way of life. It\u2019s not that everyone who listened to Screw sipped syrup.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today artists like Beyonc\u00e9, T Pain, Travis Scott, and Drake use chopped and screwed beats in their music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans on Twitter are ecstatic that this biopic will be coming to life. One fan tweeted, \u201cI AINT GOING LIE .. THIS HOE GOING BE MOVIE OF THE YEAR .. RIP DJ SCREW !!!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another fan tweeted, \u201cThe great news about this DJ Screw biopic \/ series is that it proves just how valuable and important these stories are, and will hopefully push Hollywood to tell more stories about artists and scenes that weren\u2019t super mainstream but have a rich history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All Screwed Up | Official Trailer\" width=\"1104\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6pOx-OmBPXI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The creator of the infamous Houston chopped and screwed sound is finally getting a biopic released about his life. Fans will be able to see and learn about Houston\u2019s Robert Earl Davis Jr., better known as DJ Screw, through the new episodic biopic titled All Screwed Up. According to VIBE, the biopic is directed by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":154995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[42737],"class_list":["post-154992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dj-screw"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}