The Chopstars
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| Origin | Houston, Texas, United States |
| Genres | Chopped and screwed |
| Years active | 1995−present |
| Associated acts | Odd Future |
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The Chopstars, also known as Chopstar DJs or simply Chopstars, are a group of American DJs and turntablists that perform chopped and screwed remixes of popular music including Drake's 2011 Take Care album, as well as Little Dragon's 2014 Nabuma Rubberband album. Created by OG Ron C, the co-founder of Swishahouse Records, it is a homage to the late DJ Screw. The motto of The Chopstars is "Keeping DJ Screw alive since 2001" and "Dedicated to the memory of DJ Screw."
Toward the end of the 1990s, there were several DJs working in the subgenre of Chopped and Screwed music, thus giving competition to DJ Screw, who is credited as the originator of the screwed genre. Michael '5000' Watts and OG Ron C were issuing "Swishahouse Remixes," which were screwed versions of songs by Swishahouse artists and other major artists not affiliated with the label. Watts and Ron C also had a very popular mixtape series called "Fuck Action" - R&B songs, chopped and screwed. In 2001, OG Ron C started using the term ChopNotSlop, taking a jab at other DJ's (excluding DJ Screw) for their "sloppy" way of creating mixes under the subgenre. This created some backlash within the Swishahouse camp, which caused Ron C to temporarily minimize the term. In 2005, after OG Ron C left Swishahouse, he created a new entertainment group called Wrecking Yard and signed several artist to the label. At this time, he continued to create mixtapes and again started to use the term ChopNotSlop, which was correctly used at the time, as there were as many as thirty DJ's under the Chopped and Screwed subgenre. Ron C continued to make mixtapes, having done projects with UGK, Drake, Three 6 Mafia, Chamillionaire, Pitbull, and DJ Kay Slay. In 2009 OG Ron C brought in DJ Candlestick and DJ hollygrove as the third and forth members of the Chopstars as himself and DJ Lil Steve were the first to members. Over the next fear year Ron C would bring in vast number of DJs already popular in their own rite. Djs including DJ D.A. from Russia, DJ Baby Chino dubbed the world's youngest DJ, DJ Ryan Wolf, who is the official DJ for the Cleveland Browns, and Mike G, a member of Odd Future.
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