
I just wrote my sh*t, and I left.” Of his newfound band, he says, “We’re not friends. Then just a teenager, Scarface admits, “I had no in the music industry. That LP’s Bushwick Bill and DJ Ready Red remained on board. Sire Jukebox and Prince Johnny C were removed from the collective, remaining around the label. In an overhaul after 1988’s Making Trouble, Scarface and Willie were added. Prince heard the original 12″ single “Scarface,” the car salesman and fledgling record exec recruited the artist then known as DJ Akshen to join the label’s franchise group.

We just got in the van one day, and rode out somewhere, and rapped,” says Scarface of signing his first contract in August of 1988. In the lucid discussion with Questlove, Phonte Coleman, “Suga” Steve, Unpaid Bill, and Laiya, Face stresses that the Geto Boys were a manufactured group from the beginning. did not mince words on why he will not record or tour with his former group. Scarface Is Teaching High School Students About The Music BusinessĪs fans wait to see how long Scarface’s currently retirement lasts, the O.G. Last year, the MC announced that he and DJ Quik were at work on an album featuring both rapper/producers playing instruments. He notably stated he was hanging it up after 2008’s Emeritus, his last Rap-A-Lot Records LP.

Throughout Face’s incredible career, he has made similar claims in the past. The artist born Brad Jordan claims he is currently “retired.” The Houston, Texas legend, who released Deeply Rooted: The Lost Files late last year declares that he is uninterested in feature work. Scarface appears on the latest episode of Questlove Supreme, taped before a live audience in South By Southwest. In response, Scarface vowed that he was finished recording with the group he’d been with since the late 1980s. A total of 289 backers raised $46,647 towards an eighth LP said to be titled Habeas Corpus. In 2015, the famous lineup of Scarface, Willie D, and Bushwick Bill asked fans to donate $100,000 to crowd-fund another project. While more than 13 years have passed without an album, the trio has toured in recent years.

The Geto Boys are a legendary 30-year Houston, Texas Hip-Hop group.
