Almost 20 years later, Scarface finds himself in the role of talent scout for his new company, the Underground Railroad Movement, of which he is the “Conductor”, the Harriet Tubman of hip-hop. See, they didn’t form the group first with the intent to land a record deal the record deal sort of landed on them. The trio came together under the direction of James Smith, CEO of Rap-A-Lot Records.

Maybe Stephen King owned an album or two, who knows. Horror stories were par for the course, as nearly every verse the Geto Boys delivered would’ve made Wes Craven hide under his covers, teeth chattering.

Composed of three of the most charismatic personalities in music history, their lyrics were so graphic, so unflinchingly raw, they made N.W.A. In the late ’80s, Scarface, Willie D., and Bushwick Bill formed a dirty South super-group, the Geto Boys. of the Geto Boys reminded us in an interview with Cheo Hodari Coker, “The more things change, the more they stay the same”.Ĭonsider the case of Willie D.’s former partner in rhyme, one Brad Jordan, publicly and professionally known as Scarface. History, they say, has a tendency to repeat itself.

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