Houston hip-hop icon DJ Michael “5000” Watts, founder of Swishahouse Records, has been hospitalized due to serious health ...

Michael 5000 Watts, Swishahouse Records founder and Houston Hip-Hop pioneer, was hospitalized this week with serious health complications.

Houston hip-hop icon Michael “5000” Watts, famed for pioneering the "chopped and screwed" music style and founding Swishahouse Records, is hospitalized.

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Watts played a significant role in the popularization of "Chopped and Screwed" which has become a signature sound of the south.