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Michael "5000" Watts, a Houston hip-hop icon and the founder of Swishahouse record label, has died, his family announced in a statement on Friday.

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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 ...

Watts' family confirmed the Houston rap pioneer's passing in a statement on Friday (Jan. 30).

Watts died after developing Torsades de Pointes, a life-threatening abnormal heart rhythm condition, his family said in a ...

Houston mourns the loss of hip-hop legend Michael ‘5000’ Watts, founder of Swishahouse Records, who passed away at 52 due to a heart condition.

He was recently hospitalized and facing "tremendous health issues." ...

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 ...