However, Camonte was based on one of the most famous gangsters in history: Al Capone. Alphonse Gabriel Capone was an American gangster and businessman who became known during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit, an organized crime syndicate.
Capone was involved in organized crime from an early age, and his whole life was defined by his criminal activities. Capone was imprisoned in but released eight years later as he showed signs of neurosyphilis, and died in His many criminal activities and public image have made him part of pop culture, inspiring various books, movies, and TV shows and serving as the basis for various characters, as are Tony Camonte and Tony Montana.
Scarface 's Tony Montana is an entirely different character from Tony Camonte, but they both have the most notorious gangster in history as their inspiration. Scarface, the legendary Houston rapper from the group The Geto Boys, is now in need of a kidney, according to a recent post on social media. The rapper contracted coronavirus back in March. Scarface's industry colleague and fellow Houston rapper Slim Thug also admitted to catching the deadly virus earlier in the year.
There are harsh side effects that come with contracting the virus, even after recovery. Since his original diagnosis, Scarface has faced kidney failure. I got full lung recovery, but my kidneys never came back," he said. On Wednesday, the rapper shared on Twitter his need for a new kidney. Scarface consequently enjoyed the most successful album of his career, The Fix , and a revival of interest in his back catalog, which his former label, Rap-A-Lot, repackaged that same year on Greatest Hits.
As such, he began his rap career first as a solo artist in his native Houston during the mid-'80s for James Smith 's then-fledging Rap-A-Lot label. Smith was trying to launch a group he tagged the Geto Boys , and he eventually asked Akshen to join the group in the late '80s.
On That Other Level , later repackaged and re-released that same year simply as The Geto Boys -- shocked many with its vivid depictions of violence and its overall extreme nature. This album featured the song "Scarface," which introduced Akshen 's alter ego, a title he would keep from that point onward.
The ensuing controversy surrounding the group's debut put the Geto Boys on the map and set the stage for the impressive We Can't Be Stopped In the wake of the group's national success came solo albums, one of which being Scarface 's debut, Mr. Scarface Is Back The album made it evident who the group's most talented member was, and the acclaim showered on Scarface resulted in bitter tensions among his fellow Geto Boys : Bushwick Bill and Willie D.
By the time Scarface returned with his follow-up album, The World Is Yours , his reputation overshadowed that of his group's. Willie D consequently departed, and the Geto Boys never again rivaled We Can't Be Stopped , releasing half-hearted, albeit popular, efforts with a new lineup before later reuniting in the late '90s.
In the meantime, Scarface continued to funnel his efforts into additional solo efforts: The Diary and Untouchable He then released the double-disc My Homies , a bloated effort laden with guests, many of the South's leading rappers. It wasn't until , though, that Scarface won substantial admiration from the greater rap community with Last of a Dying Breed , his most personal and focused album in years.
The powerhouse East Coast label wanted Scarface to helm its Def Jam South subsidiary division, and the rapper obliged, first signing Ludacris , who became an overnight superstar, and then releasing his own album, The Fix Rap-A-Lot furthered Scarface 's newfound coast-to-coast acceptance with the rapper's first best-of collection, Greatest Hits
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