Michael "5000" Watts is a Houston TX DJ legend specializing in southern Hip Hop & Screwed & Chopped music. He started making mixtapes in the 8th grade, which grew into club DJing, commercial radio & making his own record label. In 1997 he created the Swishahouse Brand, which turned into a label starting the careers of multi-platinum artist Mike Jones, Paul Wall, Slim Thug & Chamillionaire. He's also known for making remix albums for Lil Wayne, 3-6 Mafia, Big KRIT, Lil Jon, Scarface, Devin The Dude, Z Ro, Trae Tha Truth & many more.

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