Jennifer Hudson, Kesha and John Legend were also among those paying homage to Carey at the annual fundraiser.

Michael “5000” Watts founded his Swishahouse record label in 1997, and there was a time in the early 2000s when the ...

Michael "5000" Watts, a pioneering Houston, Texas music figure credited with helping define Southern hip-hop, died Friday.

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

By Robert Hill Fifty-two-year-old Houston Hip-Hop legend and Swishahouse co-founder Michael Watts, known as "5000 Watts," ...

Houston lost one of its most influential cultural architects on Friday with the passing of Michael “5000” Watts, the legendary DJ and entrepreneur who helped turn a local sound into […] ...