Scarface (novel) Scarface (novel) Scarface is a novel written by Armitage Trail in 1929 and published in 1930. The 1932 film "Scarface" was based on it. The twenty-eight year-old author died suddenly of a heart attack in 1930. The book's storyline is heavily inspired by the real life gangster Al Capone whose nickname was also "Scarface". It concerns the rise and fall of Tony "Scarface" Camonte, who after performing a hit on mob leader Al Springola, moves in to take over the illegal alcohol business in Chicago during the Prohibition Era. He is ultimately shot dead by his brother (who concurrently rises
Scarface (rapper) on The Mighty Death Pop!'s bonus album "Mike E. Clark's Extra Pop Emporium". Scarface appeared in the Mike Judge film "Idiocracy" as a pimp named Upgrayedd. Judge also used the Scarface track "No Tears" and Geto Boys tracks "Still" and "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta" in his 1999 film "Office Space". He has appeared in the two video games: "Def Jam Vendetta" and its sequel "". At the 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards, he received the I Am Hip Hop award. Scarface claims to be a cousin of singer Johnny Nash. He also owns and collects Gibson