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Michael "5000" Watts, a pioneering Houston, Texas music figure credited with helping define Southern hip-hop, died Friday.
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Watts' family confirmed the Houston rap pioneer's passing in a statement on Friday (Jan. 30).
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Houston hip-hop icon Michael "5000" Watts, the founder of Swishahouse Records and a pioneer of the "chopped and screwed" sound, has passed away following a recent hospitalization. A central figure in ...
Houston lost one of its most influential cultural architects on Friday with the passing of Michael “5000” Watts, the ...
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