In June 2020, Scarface caught COVID, and suffered long-lasting effects. "COVID attacked my lungs first, and then it attacked my kidneys and knocked them out," the rapper said to Houstonia. "I got full lung recovery, but my kidneys never came back." He ended up needing a kidney transplant, and he posted a call for help on social media. Ultimately, his son Christopher Jordan donated a kidney, and the transplant was successful.
"It happened so quick honestly, he was in the hospital with COVID-19 and a couple days after that we found out his kidney was failing, seems like the next day the doctors were telling us he needed to go on dialysis," the younger Jordan told Houstonia. After the successful transplant, Jordan wrote on Instagram, "What a journey it's been. Surgery went well. My dad is thriving. Kidney is working great! Thank you for all the prayers."
In November 2021, Scarface announced his departure from hip-hop, according to another article at Houstonia, and performed a farewell show at the House of Blues. Yet the 51-year-old has no intention of leaving music behind. "I would love to go into a different lane of music. Maybe blues or rock. Maybe alternative," he said on the Geto Boys Reloaded podcast, per Hypebeast. "I want to do something different now."
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