Scarface reminisces on his XXL-rated third solo album that defined his career. As told to Eric Diep Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the October/November 2014 issue of XXL Magazine.

Few artists in hip-hop's storied history have moved listeners like one Brad Jordan, more commonly known as Scarface. The Texas native and franchise artist of J. Prince's Rap-A-Lot Records burst onto ...

More than anyone, Scarface is an artist who embraced the introspective side of street storytelling. His first two albums emphasized the mental toll of street hustling and violence, setting his ...

Scarface's 'The Diary' added more explicit, serrated politics, and emotional depth to become Texas's and the South's first unimpeachably great solo rap album. By Evan McGarvey In psychodynamic therapy ...

This album was a lot different from his first two releases, Mr. Scarface Is Back and The World Is Yours. On The Diary, Producers N.O., Joe, Mike Dean, Uncle Eddie, and Scarface himself chose a ...

1994: By the time that the early 1990s rolled around, Brad Jordan, aka, Scarface, had already established himself as the South's greatest lyricist. As a member of the seminal Geto Boys, Scarface had ...

Honesty time: Last week’s post, the one with the basketball/rap metaphors, was just a stall. Mind, it was fun to write, and it generated a fair amount of email responses. The best one we received ...

This 1994 Hip-Hop classic still connects with listeners the same way it did two decades ago. Scarface is in an elite class of emcees. He is, as the saying goes, “your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper ...

You heard, yet? The brand-new project from Brad "Scarface" Jordan, Houston's preeminent gangsta poet, drops today. Predictably, it's dope. But don't go scurrying off to Spotify to find it -- try ...

Today marks the 27th anniversary of New York rapper Nas' crown jewel "Illmatic," the album that changed the game for East Coast hip-hop. The mid-90s classic rap album remains in hip-hop's Mount ...

Nearly everybody at the Hermann Park Golf Course greets the famed rapper known as Scarface, though they all call him Brad. Scarface has sold millions of albums. Brad Jordan has an 11 handicap. Though ...