DJ Screw
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The fathering voice about the purple drank, DJ Screw would mix soda to add a bit of spice to the cough syrup which imbued his creation of the “Chopped ‘N Screwed” movement. His usage of the drug would halt his life in 2000, when DJ Screw was found dead inside his Houston recording studio. The young music mogul had died of a codeine overdose in addition to mixed drug intoxication.