By writer to www.nme.com
Houston rapper and Geto Boys member Scarface (aka Brad Jordan) is on the mend following his prolonged battle with COVID-19, receiving a kidney transplant from his son Chris earlier this week.
Scarface revealed that he’d tested positive for COVID-19 final March, noting a month later that he was receiving dialysis for kidney failure because of the virus. He then issued a plea for organ donors to come forward in October, saying that though his lungs totally recovered from damages inflicted by COVID-19, his kidneys had not.
In a put up uploaded to Instagram on Tuesday (September 14), Chris introduced that he’d be donating a kidney to his father, sharing a photograph of the 2 onstage with the caption: “The last word measure of a person will not be the place he stands in moments of consolation and comfort, however the place he stands at occasions of problem and controversy!! Tomorrow we having surgical procedure!!!!”
The surgical procedure was profitable, as Chris shared in an update yesterday (September 16): “What a journey it’s been. Surgical procedure went properly my dad is flourishing kidney is working nice!!!! Thanks all for the prayers.”
He adopted the replace with an emotional video of Scarface holding his hand and saying: “You saved my life, boy. I really like you, son. I really feel so significantly better for this.” At one level within the clip, Scarface hurts himself by laughing too arduous, yelling, “Oh, fuck!”
James Prince – CEO of label Rap-A-Lot, to which Scarface and the Geto Boys are signed – shared a photograph taken on the identical time the video was shot, with Scarface and Chris each providing smiles and thumbs up. “I have fun with the each of you for being an instance of never-ending love,” Prince captioned the picture.
“Chris, lots of people discuss how a lot they love your dad, however you have got separated your self from the talkers by your actions. All of us salute the each of you and need you each a speedy restoration.”
Scarface launched his most up-to-date album, ‘Deeply Rooted’, in September of 2015.
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