After almost 40 years in the game, Scarface is ready to bow out. On Tuesday (May 17), the Houston rap legend announced the aptly-titled Farewell Tour, a 32-city swan song that will bring the gospel of Brad Jordan to the American people for the very last time this summer.
The nationwide trek kicks off in Oakland, California on July 8 and wraps up in Odessa, Texas on August 27, with stops in cities including Los Angeles, Seattle, Washington, D.C., New York and Dallas along the way. ‘Face’s set at LL COOL J’s Rock The Bells Festival on August 6 falls on the 20th anniversary of his acclaimed 2002 album The Fix.
Scarface will be joined on the road by his band, Formaldehyde Funkmen, to help bring classic hits such as “My Block,” “Guess Who’s Back” and Geto Boys’ “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” to life for the final time. Fans who sign up to his special VIP meet and greet will get to hang out and take photos with ‘Face before the show, along with receiving a limited edition “Face Mob” commemorative baseball jersey.
Since emerging as part of the Geto Boys in the late 1980s, Scarface has made an indelible mark on Hip Hop. A master storyteller, he helped pioneer the rise of Southern rap and provided the blueprint for rapping about mental health and internal struggles while influencing generations of MCs — from JAY-Z, Nas and The Notorious B.I.G. to UGK, Killer Mike and Isaiah Rashad.
In recent years, though, the 51-year-old’s health has suffered. In 2020, he endured a brutal battle with COVID-19 that resulted in organ failure and over a year of dialysis treatment. ‘Face received a kidney transplant from his son, Chris, last September and has been recovering well, but needless to say the entire process has taken its toll.
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Scarface delivered what he thought was his final ever show at a sold-out House of Blues in Houston last November, but it appears he wasn’t quite ready to say goodbye and wanted to take the show on the road for one last victory lap. This may not be the end of Scarface’s music career just yet, though.
“I’m done with the rap,” he told Houstonia magazine ahead of his aforementioned House of Blues concert. “If I could, I would love to go into a different lane of music. Maybe blues or rock. Maybe alternative. I want to do something different now.”
Tickets for Scarface’s Farewell Tour go on sale on Wednesday (May 18). Revisit “My Block” below.
True legend, this is truly a great way to say bye to the game, but someone need to tell him 32 shows in 51 days is way too many for a person that had a kidney failure and transplant. Dude, has he got no doctors? wtf
I first heard of him when I was going through 2Pac’s catalogue of music (in ‘Smile’) and I was about 14-15 in 2002-2003 and liked him ever since. I pray he lives a long and healthy life doing whatever it is he desires to do. He’s given a lot to hip hop. His contributions are often overlooked.
NO PHILLY UNCLE FACE! WTF
So I gotta buy a festival ticket to RTB for the only east coast show? WTF
No Chicago? Omg
I can understand him wanting to give up performing because of his heath. But he should continue to make rap music in the studio. Its time to kill this “too old” BS that only exists in rap music. I dont see no country fans telling garth brooks to retire. I dont see no rock fans telling KISS to retire.
KRS one is about the same age and is still killing it, his recent album was great.
Well, that’s because you aren’t him. Some people get tired of doing it. Some people don’t have the creative spark anymore. Some people would ENJOY retirement. Plenty of popular Rockstar have been in retirement for decades. You are just mentioning the artists who haven’t retired lol. But hey. If artists like Eminem wanna keep tarnishing their legacy by not slowing down or stopping when they should have, by all means, keep it going…
the g code guess whos back on my block in cold blood in between us diary of a madman the diary they down with us get out and yo god
the g code guess whos back on my block in cold blood in between us diary of a madman the diary they down with us get out and yo and god
theres way more it doesnt matter what he plays its still gonna be the best do concerts have a message i wanna see it
I heard my mother say them streets is gonna kill ya, You couldn’t have told me nothin’ back then….But now I feel ya
I’m still worried about my man’s health….dude looked and sounded VERY weak in an interview I saw…but this was before the transplant, so with that being said, I’m sure he’s doing better….but I don’t know how much better with this “Farewell” tour and trying to tour all these places…this sounds worrisome to me….hope all is well though
Damn unk… no Carolina Georgia or Florida show… we been with you from the beginning… you got to come through for the fam
Excited about the news of Scarface on the road but agree with others the schedule seens way too tight, just take a bit more time with it, coming out of major operation it’s no point risking health like this. We lost too many legends already.
I still be banging Face to this day!! Good luck in your endeavors. ??????
No Houston date? WTF lol….
THANK YOU TO SIR MR. BRAD “SCARFACE” JORDAN ?FOR YOUR RAPOLOGY LEGACY AND THE GETO BOYS ??
I so wish I could travel to the US just to see Scarface. I remember when I bought his album “The Diary”. I was banging his music ever since. Good luck to his retirement and may God bless him all the way
Truly one of the best who ever touched a microphone. With songs like No Warning, Smile, My Block, Sunshine, Untouchable, wow it ain’t enough space to truly put down all the songs that I like which is everyone Scarface is truly my number one rapper MC along with Tupac and Ice Cube , Scarface is in the class by himself the man is untouchable.
Can’t forget that track with beanie Sigel Mac and Brad, can’t forget the track with Nas ,Favor For A Favor.OMG
All these shows & none in the A. The mecca of the south what a shame
Life in the fast lane
Detroit Mi
So you not coming to Atlanta? Man fuck your farewell tour
True poet in his own rhymes, my faves Mary Jane, Keep it Movin, Now I Feel Ya,, Fuck U Too
3 days into the tour and cancelled the rest of it. Didn’t bring the band either. Hell of a farewell.
The greatest to ever do it FaceMobb aka Scarface
The greatest to ever do it FaceMobb aka Scarface?!!?