Scarface Is Back was a success, and Scarface's popularity soon overshadowed the other Geto Boys. In 1992, Scarface appeared (along with Bushwick Bill) on the Kool G Rap & DJ Polo album Live and Let Die. He took his stage name from the 1983 film Scarface. 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. After releasing the 12" single "Scarface/Another Head Put To Rest" (1989), written by Chris "Mr. He began his career as DJ Akshen (pronounced Action) recording and deejaying for Lil' Troy's Short Stop, a local record label in Houston. He was brought up as a Christian, and converted to Islam in 2006. As a teenager, he attempted suicide, and subsequently spent time in a hospital psychiatric ward. He dropped out of high school and worked as a drug dealer. Scarface attended Woodson Middle School in Houston, Texas.
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