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Life in the Slow Lane

By Jesse Washington January 18, 2001

Time was putty in the hands of... More >>>

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DJ Screw: Maybe not the originator, but if it weren't for him, no one would be listening to slowed-down music.

DJ Screw: Maybe not the originator, but if it weren't for him, no one would be listening to slowed-down music.

DJ Screw: Maybe not the originator, but if it weren't for him, no one would be listening to slowed-down music.

Screw and Chill (right) spent so much time together that Chill's mom said he might as well live at Screw's house. So he did.

Chill thinks the stress of Screw's self-imposed work ethic may have contributed to his death.

Screw's cousin Chris Cooley: "You wouldn't even think he was in the rap game. He carried himself like he worked in a gas station."

Longtime friend Orian "Lump" Lumpkin: "If it wasn't for Darryl Scott, there wouldn't be DJ Screw. If it wasn't for DJ Screw, there wouldn't be none of these guys gettin' money."

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Chill thinks the stress of Screw's self-imposed work ethic may have contributed to his death.

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Chill thinks the stress of Screw's self-imposed work ethic may have contributed to his death.

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