Scarface, the pioneering rap star of the Geto Boys, has received a life-saving organ transplant from his son after suffering kidney failure last year during a dire battle with COVID-19, according to reports.
The surgery to replace the rapper’s kidney was reportedly a success, according to various social media posts by family members and his closest associates.
The hip hop legend, whose real name is Brad Terrence Jordan, announced on social media in 2020 that he needed a transplant, KRTK reported.
“I need a kidney y’all any volunteers? B+ blood type,” Johnson tweeted on Oct. 7, 2020.
Nearly a year later, his son Christopher Jordan donated one of his kidneys, the station reported, citing an Instagram post from James L. Smith, also known as J. Prince of the Houston-based label Rap-A-Lot Records.
“I celebrate with the both of you for being an example of unending love. Chris, a lot of people talk about how much they love your dad, but you have separated yourself from the talkers by your actions,” Prince wrote in the post. “We all salute the both of you and wish you both a speedy recovery.”
In an interview with fellow rapper Willie D back in June, Jordan revealed that “COVID attacked my lungs first, and then it attacked my kidneys and knocked them out,” he said, according to WTTG. “I got full lung recovery, but my kidneys never came back.”
The Geto Boys — whose members included Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill — were a harbinger in the genre of gangster rap music throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, with several sensational hits, including “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” and “Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangster.”
The group’s third album “We Can’t Be Stopped” is certified platinum.
Through the years, Scarface has released numerous successful solo albums.
Bushwick Bill died in June 2019 after being diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
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