Scarface (rapper)  Brad Terrence Jordan (born November 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Scarface, is an American rapper, record producer, and politician, best known as a member of the Geto Boys, a hip hop group from Houston, Texas. He grew up in Houston and is originally from the city's South Acres (Crestmont Park) neighborhood. In 2012, "The Source" ranked him #16 on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time, while About.com ranked him #6 on its list of the 50 Greatest MCs of Our Time (1987–2007). Scarface attended Woodson Middle School in Houston, Texas. He dropped out of high school and worked as a drug dealer. As a teenager, he attempted suicide, and subsequently spent time in a hospital psychiatric ward. He was brought up as a Christian, and converted to Islam in 2006. He began his career as DJ Akshen (pronounced Action) recording and deejaying for Lil' Troy's Short Stop, a local record label in Houston. After releasing the 12" single "Scarface/Another Head Put To Rest" (1989), written by Chris "Mr. 3-2" Barriere and produced by Def Jam Blaster, Bruce "Grim" Rhodes, he would go on to sign with Rap-A-Lot and join a group who were collectively known as Geto Boys replacing a member who left, and released the group's second album "Grip It! On That Other Level" (1989), a highly successful album that garnered the group a large fanbase, in spite of their violent lyrics keeping them from radio and MTV. He took his stage name from the 1983 film "Scarface". In 1992, Scarface appeared (along with Bushwick Bill) on the Kool G Rap & DJ Polo album "Live and Let Die". The album "Mr. Scarface Is Back" was a success, and Scarface's popularity soon overshadowed the other Geto Boys. Scarface remained in the group while releasing a series of solo albums that kept him in the public view with increasing sales, making him the only Geto Boys member that has always remained with the group since the group personnel was revamped in 1989. This peaked with "The Diary" and "The Last of a Dying Breed", the latter of which received positive reviews and sales, and earned him Lyricist of the Year at the 2001 Source Awards. In 2002, he released "The Fix", the follow-up to "The Last of a Dying Breed" and returned to the studio with the Geto Boys for their album, "The Foundation".