Scarface

Scarface born Brad Terrence Jordan November 9 1970 is a rapper from the South Acres neighborhood in Houston Texas originally known for his work as a member of the Geto Boys He has been a solo artist since 1991 becoming one of the most popular southern rappers in the business although maintaining ties to the Geto Boys He is known for his sometimes unique and exaggerated voice and rapping technique Recording as Akshen he began his career recording solo for RapALot Records a local label in Houston Texas In the late 1980s he joined the Geto Boys as they were forming and released We Cant Be Stopped a highly successful LP that garnered the Geto Boys a large fanbase in spite of their ultraviolent lyrics keeping them far from radio and MTV Akshen changed his name to Scarface he even changed his flow from a rapidfire Kool G Raplike delivery to normal flow this time with a darker tone after the film Scarface saying he felt that the main character of the movie was just like him in many ways Scarface soon released his debut solo album Mr Scarface Is Back The album was a success and Scarfaces popularity soon overshadowed the other Geto Boys Scarface left the group and released a series of solo albums that kept him in the public view in spite of decreasing sales He turned this around with 2000s Last of a Dying Breed which received overwhelmingly positive reviews and sales and earned him Lyricist of the Year at the Source Awards In 2002 he released The Fix the critically acclaimed follow up to Last of a Dying Breed In 2007 he released Made which overall recieved very positive reviews