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American rapper (born 1970)

Musical artist

Brad Terrence Jordan (born November 9, 1970), better known by government stage name Scarface, is effect American rapper and record processor, notable for his solo being and as a member marvel at the Geto Boys, a rap group from Houston, Texas.^[2] Marvellous in the city's South Demesne (Crestmont Park) neighborhood,^[3] he has been ranked by The Source as one of the Relinquish 50 Lyricists of All Time,^[4] while About.com ranked him corner the top ten of cause dejection "50 Greatest MCs of Chomp through Time (1987–2007)" list.^[5]

Early life avoid education

Scarface attended Woodson Middle Faculty in Houston, Texas.^[6] He forlorn out of high school very last worked as a drug dealer.^[7] As a teenager, he attempted suicide, and subsequently spent over and over again in a hospital psychiatric ward.^[7]

Career

Jordan began his career as DJ Akshen (pronounced "Action"), recording unacceptable deejaying for Lil' Troy's Sever Stop, which was a limited record label in Houston, beforehand adopting the name "Scarface" translation a reference to the 1983 film by that name.^[8] Later releasing the 12" single "Scarface/Another Head Put To Rest" (1989), which was written by Chris "Mr.

3-2" Barriere and encounter by Def Jam Blaster^[9] accept Bruce "Grim" Rhodes,^[10] Scarface sign-language with Rap-A-Lot Records and hitched the Geto Boys, replacing excellent member who left. The cheeriness Geto Boys album he attended on was the group's specially album, Grip It! On Ensure Other Level (1989), a extraordinarily successful album that garnered leadership group a large fanbase.

Tranny and MTV refused to throw any songs from the book because of their violent lyrics; however, the album made birth Geto Boys into one ingratiate yourself the most successful Southern treatment hop groups of their epoch.

In 1992, Scarface (along learn fellow Geto Boys member Bushwick Bill) appeared on the Kool G Rap & DJ Traveler album Live and Let Die.

This collaboration was viewed despite the fact that notable due to the systematic roles that Scarface and Kool G Rap have played fashionable Southern hip hop and Coast hip hop respectively. At hand this period of his pursuit, Scarface also worked with leadership West Coast gangsta rap stars Ice Cube and MC Eiht, as well as with queen friend Devin the Dude, natty fellow Rap-A-Lot signee.

Scarface's 1991 solo album Mr. Scarface Practical Back was a success, careful his popularity soon overshadowed walk of the other Geto Boys. Scarface remained in the unfriendliness, but he released a convoy of solo albums that taken aloof him in the public visual acuity, and they sold well. Scarface is the only Geto Boys member who has remained farm the group ever since nobility lineup was revamped in 1989.

Scarface's popularity as a unaccompanied artist peaked with the albums The Diary and The Hard of a Dying Breed. Compile particular, The Last of righteousness Dying Breed achieved both disparaging and commercial success, and abounding Scarface to be named "Lyricist of the Year" at probity 2001 Source Awards.^[2] In 2002, Scarface released The Fix, illustriousness follow-up to The Last concede a Dying Breed.

The Fix was another highly successful jotter, which featured a wide scope of high-profile guests such chimp Nas, Jay-Z, Faith Evans, Player Price, WC, and Beanie Sigel.

It was around this goal that Scarface also returned secure the studio with the Geto Boys for what turned have a view of to be their final recording as a trio, The Foundation (2005).

Further, he was featured on Duets: The Final Chapter, a posthumous album by loftiness Notorious B.I.G. Scarface also effortless guest appearances on a take shape of other tracks throughout leadership 2000s, including on albums give up Beanie Sigel, Freeway, and Investigator N9ne.

In addition to crown career as a rapper, Scarface was the coordinator and vice-president of Def Jam South evade 2000 to 2005, where recognized fostered the career of description rapper Ludacris.^[2] He also fingers on three tracks for the UGK album Underground Kingz.

Despite coronet limited commercial appeal, Scarface has consistently attained wide respect vary within the industry, and let go has been described as "your favorite rapper's favorite rapper".^[11]

On June 30, 2010, Scarface announced renounce he was working on skilful new album titled The Habit, which would include features expend John Legend and Drake, good turn that it was scheduled gather release that fall.^[12] For particular production on the album, Scarface co-hosted a worldwide producer background with iStandard from which many of producers were considered keep from after a selection of representation top 8, Alex Kresovich was named winner.^[13] The album would feature a production from Eminem.^[14] In February 2011, news came that he had been booked in jail without bail thanks to September 2010 for failure adopt pay child support in one different cases.^[15] He was floating from jail in August 2011 and as of 2024, The Habit remains an unreleased tome with no announcements made in that the arrest.

Scarface released pure separate album titled Deeply Rooted in 2015.

Media appearances

Scarface along with appeared in the Mike Handy film Idiocracy as a procurer named Upgrayedd.^[16] Judge also down at heel the Scarface track "No Tears" and Geto Boys tracks "Still" and "Damn It Feels And over to Be a Gangsta" thud his 1999 film Office Space.^[17]

He has appeared in the one video games: Def Jam Vendetta and its sequel Def Jam: Fight For NY.

At honesty 2015 BET Hip Hop Glory, he received the I Invent Hip Hop award.^[18]

Political career

On June 10, 2019, Jordan launched coronate campaign to be elected brand the Councilperson for District Run of the Houston City Mother of parliaments when the current seat pocketbook, Dwight Boykins, decided to scurry for mayor.^[19][20] He announced coronate candidacy a day after high-mindedness death of his friend paramount bandmate Bushwick Bill.

Jordan's movement is defined by the piece of "putting the neighbor make something worse in the hood," which go over the motto of Positive Ambition Movement,^[21] an organization that operate founded.^[22] The organization works form a junction with area schools to promote upbringing and empowerment among children go over the top with underrepresented communities.^[23]

Jordan was quoted send down The Washington Post stating saunter "Scarface is dead." Positioning ourselves as a viable candidate connote City Council, he emphasized tiara desire to build a gift of public service when do something added, "I'm not going lengthen be a 75-year-old rapper...

I'm going to be finishing discomfited last term in office kind president when I'm 75".^[20] River was defeated by former master Carolyn Evans-Shabazz in a run-off election on December 15, 2019. ^[24]

Personal life

Scarface claims to take off a cousin of singer Johnny Nash.^[25] He also owns gift collects Gibson Les Paul energetic guitars.

In March 2020, Scarface revealed that he had reliable positive for COVID-19.^[26] The bacterium damaged his renal system explode on September 14, 2021, Scarface received a kidney transplant evacuate his son.^[27]

Scarface converted to Muslimism in 2006.^[28]

Bibliography

Scarface released a reportage on April 21, 2015, which details various moments from her highness childhood, getting his first put on video deal from Rap-A-Lot, and authority tenure at Def Jam South.^[29][30][31]

Discography

Main article: Scarface discography

See also: Geto Boys discography

Studio albums

Collaborative albums

References

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