Robert Earl Davis, Jr.; better known as DJ Screw; was a pioneer of Southern hip-hop. DJ Screw is said to be the creator of the "cut and screw" style of music that swept the world of hip-hop in the 1990s. Just as he was on his way to becoming a national celebrity in the hip hop industry, DJ Screw was found dead in the bathroom of his recording studio on November 16, 2000 at the age of 29. “The Harris County medical examiner confirmed his suspicion that (DJ) Screw had overdosed on a combination of codeine and other drugs” (Sarig, 2007, p. 320). In an autopsy released a few months after his death, it was revealed that DJ Screw had not only toxic levels of codeine but also Valium and PCP in his system. A close friend of DJ Screw stated in an interview that he (DJ Screw) had actually used the same drug every day for the past ten years (Hall, 2001). He was also known to be an adventurous marijuana smoker. Those who did not want to believe that his death was due to an overdose claimed that he died of heart problems, and although he had an enlarged heart, the autopsy showed no signs of heart disease. DJ Screw's former manager, Charles Washington, was one of the few people to openly admit that it was actually the codeine-laced drink called Syrup, along with other drugs, that caused his death. Signs of drug abuse were visible shortly before his death. In an interview filmed for a documentary about his life titled Soldiers United for Cash; DJ Screw is seen smoking wet cigarettes soaked in some type of liquid. The producer of the documentary; TJ Watford claimed he feared DJ Screw was about to overdose. “Screw didn’t seem to have any direction,” Watford said. "He was talking in circles. I thought I saw a dead man in the... center of the card......., Agnich, L.E., Stogner, J., & Miller, B.L. (2014). ' Me and My drank:' Exploring the relationship between musical preferences and purple drinking experimentation American Journal of Criminal Justice, 39(1),. 172-186:10.1007/s12103-013-9213-7Narconon International (nd). Retrieved May 23, 2014, from http://www.narconon.org/drug-information/purple-drank.htmlNarconon International (nd) . //www.narconon.org/drug-abuse/purple-drank-signs-symptoms.htmlSarig, R. (2007: OutKast, Timbaland, and How Hip-Hop Became a Southern Thing Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press .Serwer, J. (2010, ). Retrieved May 23, 2014, from http://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/nov/