The group released its second album Grip It! On That Other Level (1989), a highly successful album that garnered the group a large fanbase. He later went on to sign with Rap-A-Lot and join a group who were collectively known as Geto Boys replacing a member who left. 3-2” Barriere and produced by Def Jam Blaster, Bruce “Grim” Rhodes. In 1989, he released a 12″ single “Scarface/Another Head Put To Rest” which was written by Chris “Mr. Scarface Geto Boysīrad began his career as DJ Akshen (pronounced Action) recording and deejaying for Lil’ Troy’s Short Stop. He was however in a relationship with Lisa Varner and they had a child together a girl. Scarface Wifeīrad has been very private about his personal life. He, however, dropped out of high school and worked as a drug dealer.Īs a teenager, Brad attempted suicide and subsequently spent time in a hospital psychiatric ward.īrad was brought up as a Christian but converted to Islam in 2006. Scarface Early Lifeīrad attended Woodson Middle School in Houston, Texas. Scarface was born on November 9, 1970, in Houston, Texas, U.S. In 2012, Brad was ranked him number 16 by The Source on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time.Ī ranked him number 6 on its list of the 50 Greatest MCs of Our Time (1987-2007). 16 ahead of multiple classic albums - and they weren’t the only one.Scarface is an American rapper and record producer, best known as a member of the Geto Boys, a hip hop group from Houston, Texas.īrad grew up in Houston and is originally from the city’s South Acres (Crestmont Park) neighborhood. Last month, Rolling Stone sparked a contentious debate with their 200 Greatest Hip Hop Albums list. One particular fan was incensed the longtime music magazine placed Cardi B’s 2018 debut Invasion of Privacy at No. Scarface Is Back, The World Is Yours, The Diary, My Homies and The Last Of A Dying Breed were all certified either gold or platinum as well. 1 on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the RIAA in May 1997. Scarface also has 11 solo efforts in his catalog, including The Untouchable, which peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the Geto Boys’ highest-charting single.
Released in 1991, the project was ultimately certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) thanks in large part to the single “Mind Playing Tricks On Me.” The song peaked at No. 6, it was We Can’t Be Stopped that proved to be their most lucrative. While the 1996 album The Resurrection charted the highest on the Billboard 200 at No.
The group released seven studio albums, beginning with 1988’s Making Trouble and culminating with 2005’s The Foundation.
A post shared by The Shade Room rose to notoriety in the late ’80s and early ’90s alongside his Geto Boys brethren Willie D and Bushwick Bill.
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