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DJ Screw Originals Volume 1 Released After Artist’s Death

6/28/2026

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DJ Screw Releases

DJ Screw’s estate released DJ Screw Originals (Volume 1) on Spotify and Apple Music on May 29, 2026.
The June 27, 1996 freestyle was recorded in Screw’s Houston studio for DeMo Sherman’s birthday and uses a chopped-and-screwed loop of Kris Kross’s “Da Streets Ain’t Right” as its beat.
After Screw’s 2000 death, the tape circulated as bootlegs on YouTube, SoundCloud and DatPiff.
Bird died on June 9, 2026, joining members Big Moe, Big Pokey and Haircut Joe in death.

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DJ Screw Tribute

The writer called the June 27 1996 freestyle emblematic of Houston’s rap aura.
They said Southern California rap is breezy, Memphis rap is nightmarish, and Houston rap feels narcotized.
By high school they studied the Screwed Up Click, naming Big Hawk, Lil’ Keke and Z-Ro (rappers).
After DJ Screw (rapper)’s death they swapped chopped-and-screwed Rick Ross (rapper) tracks and made tracks, noting Travis Scott (rapper) and Swae Lee (rapper)’s “R.I.P. Screw” tribute.

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DJ Screw Releases

DJ Screw’s estate released DJ Screw Originals (Volume 1) on Spotify and Apple Music on May 29, 2026.
The June 27, 1996 freestyle was recorded in Screw’s Houston studio for DeMo Sherman’s birthday and uses a chopped-and-screwed loop of Kris Kross’s “Da Streets Ain’t Right” as its beat.
After Screw’s 2000 death, the tape circulated as bootlegs on YouTube, SoundCloud and DatPiff.
Bird died on June 9, 2026, joining members Big Moe, Big Pokey and Haircut Joe in death.

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