Dead End Alliance has been played on NTS in shows including 100 Elements w/ YL , featured first on 6 February 2020. Songs played include Full Time Playa.

D.E.A. stands for Dead End Alliance. It was a group from the neighborhood of Dead End on the southside of Houston, TX. The members are DJ Screw, Kay-K and brothers Fat Pat & Big H.A.W.K..

Their debut album "Screwed For Life" was released in 1998 on Dead End Records. Though this was the group's only album, a chopped & screwed version was also released. Production was done by DJ Screw, Koldjak, D-Red of the Botany Boys, Slash, Grim and Swift. Featuring on the album are members of the Screwed Up Click like Lil’ Keke, Big Pokey, Mike D, E.S.G., 3-2, Big Moe and C-Note of the Botany Boys. The album is dedicated in the loving memory of Mr. Fat Pat.

D.E.A. and the S.U.C. eventually fell apart after the deaths of Fat Pat, DJ Screw, H.A.W.K. and Big Moe.