Michael '5000' Watts, the influential founder of the iconic Southern Hip-Hop record label Swishahouse, has died at the age of 52.

Houston Hip Hop lost one of its most important pillars with the passing of Michael “5000” Watts, the founder of Swishahouse and one of the most influential figures the city has ever produced. Watts ...

Michael “5000” Watts founded his Swishahouse record label in 1997, and there was a time in the early 2000s when the Houston-based rap label’s music was taking over the country. It was hard to go ...

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Dope House Records celebrates 30 years of independence with If Animals Could Talk, a 30-track Christmas Day release from SPM that reinforces the label’s legacy of ownership, storytelling, and cultural ...