Houston Rap Legend Scarface Talks Hurricane Harvey: ‘We Got Us Out Here More...
Hurricane Harvey continues to wreak havoc on Texas, despite recently weakening to a tropical depression, as flooding persists and multiple families and individuals have been displaced from loved ones...
View ArticleGeorge Clinton’s Parliament Release First Single in 28 Years, ‘I’m Gon Make U...
Legendary funk outfit Parliament has released its first new single in 28 years, “I’m Gon Make U Sick O’Me” featuring Scarface. Frontman George Clinton plays a character named Dr. Feel Good, a medic...
View ArticleGeto Boys’ Scarface Announces He’s Running for Houston City Council
Brad Jordan, best known as Scarface from legendary rap group Geto Boys, announced on Sunday (June 9) his bid for Houston City Council. The news came just one day before fellow Geto Boys member...
View ArticleWritten on the Body: Scarface’s Haunting Southern Rap Classic ‘The Diary’ at 25
In psychodynamic therapy, the patient works to cultivate a “curiosity” — Freud’s term of choice — about themselves and their behavior. You try to create a space from which you can see yourself...
View ArticleFrom the Stage to the Stump: 7 Rappers With Political Side Hustles
Kanye West's name is the one that pops up when it comes to any conversation about rappers and politics. But he's far from the first MC who has thought about, or pursued, the unlikley crossover between...
View ArticleGeto Boys’ Scarface in Runoff For Houston City Council Seat
As a member of Houston’s pioneering rap group The Geto Boys, Brad Jordan co-wrote the early 1990s hip-hop anthem “Mind Playing Tricks on Me.” Now, the 49-year-old rapper better known as Scarface is...
View ArticleScarface Tests Positive for Coronavirus
The latest celebrity to test positive for the novel coronavirus is Geto Boys‘ Scarface, who revealed his diagnosis on Thursday (March 26) during a livestream with his bandmate Willie D. The rapper...
View ArticleScarface, Now on Dialysis, Describes Coronavirus Battle: ‘I Was Inches Away...
Geto Boys‘ Scarface has revealed he’s on dialysis due to kidney failure, a result of complications from COVID-19. The rapper gave an update on his health in a Zoom chat with Willie D that was uploaded...
View ArticleScarface Delivers a Nostalgic 6-Song Medley for His NPR Tiny Desk Performance
Houston legend Scarface NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert arrived on Monday (Dec. 18), and the artist punched in an impressive six-song medley. FaceMob performed a half dozen classics ranging from “My Block,”...
View ArticleScarface Shares Positive Health Update After Open-Heart Surgery: ‘God Ain’t...
Scarface recently underwent open-heart surgery, and is assuring fans that he was doing fine just in time for the 2025 Grandmaster Awards in Las Vegas, where he and other legends such as Grandmaster...
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