# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dj-screw
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:15:19.929Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dj-screw"
name: "DJ Screw"
slug: "dj-screw"
description: "Robert Earl Davis Jr., better known by his stage name DJ Screw, was an American hip hop DJ based in Houston, Texas, and best known as the creator of the chopped and screwed DJ technique. He was a central and influential figure in the Houston hip hop community and was the leader of Houston's Screwed Up Click."
tagline: "American hip hop DJ (1971-2000)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/DJ_Screw.jpeg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1971-07-20"
deathDate: "2000-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.86
  momentum:             2.728778107024577
  historical:           9.92578
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3043332/"
    handle:    "nm3043332"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6TC6ZeVdvCuBSn32h5Msul"
    handle:    "6TC6ZeVdvCuBSn32h5Msul"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.screweduprecords.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/194282"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Screw"
    title: "DJ Screw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Screw"
    title: "DJ Screw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Screw"
    title: "DJ Screw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Screw"
    title: "DJ Screw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Screw"
    title: "DJ Screw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Screw"
    title: "DJ Screw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Screw"
    title: "DJ Screw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Screw"
    title: "DJ Screw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d0dd58c4-ab66-41c4-9883-4f493ef6653f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q743478"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2398784"
    title: "DJ Screw"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump