The man. The music. The legacy.
BRAD JORDAN.
SCARFACE.
01 / The origin
Some voices
cannot be
imitated.
Before the legend,
there was Brad.
He grew up on Houston’s Southside, in South Acres, making records before most kids his age were thinking about careers.
Recording as DJ Akshun, he put out a single that got him signed to Rap-A-Lot and into the Geto Boys — the group that made the world listen to Houston. He took the name Scarface, and he made it his own.
Solo, he became the writer other writers study: unflinching, funny, haunted, honest about the things most rappers won’t say out loud. The Diary went platinum. The Untouchable went to number one.
He ran Def Jam South, signed Ludacris, and in the middle of it made The Fix. Three platinum albums, three gold, six top-ten albums, a memoir — and a voice that still sounds like the truth.
The Scarface standard
UNFILTERED.
UNCOMPROMISING.
UNTOUCHABLE.
02 / Chapters
A LIFE
ON RECORD.
- 1989
THE BEGINNING
Recording as DJ Akshun, he cuts a single on Houston’s Short Top Records. It leads to Rap-A-Lot and the Geto Boys.
- 1991
A VOICE OF HIS OWN
Mr. Scarface Is Back arrives. His solo debut goes gold.
- 1994
THE DIARY
An unflinching classic. The Diary reaches #2 on the Billboard 200 and earns platinum certification.
- 1997
NUMBER ONE
The Untouchable debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200. “Smile,” with 2Pac and Johnny P, becomes a defining record.
- 2002
THE FIX
While running Def Jam South, he releases The Fix. Another #1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart.
- 2015
DEEPLY ROOTED
A new chapter on his own Facemob Music, alongside his memoir. The story continues.
The story is in the music.
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