With a post on Instagram, the site The Shade Room announced today the death of Big Scarr, one of rap’s emerging young promises.
The death occurred this Thursday and, beyond the news, nothing has been said about the causes of the 22-year-old’s death.
Born in Memphis, in the southern United States, his real name was Alexander Woods, he had signed a major contract with the influential Gucci Mane’s record label 1017 Records and his recognized influences were rappers like Kodak Black or Boosie Badazz.
a promising career
Big Scarr went from rapping among his friends to releasing his debut single, play a gamewhich had a significant impact at the end of 2019, generating millions of stream listeners.
In the first week of release alone, he managed to sell 22,000 copies of his album. From that year and in his short career, It has reached more than 70 million views on the YouTube platform.
Born on April 7, 2000, Big Scarr grew up in the Magnolia community of South Memphis and, according to the Daily Mail newspaper, was hand in hand with his cousin, also a singer Pooh Shiesty, which inspired him to start his career musical . .
Given the success of the first song, months later, in June 2020, Big Scarr will sign a contract with 1017 Record, Gucci Mane’s label and a year later, he will release his debut Mixtape: great grim reaper it would reach number 25 on the Billboard 200 List.
Additionally, Big Scarr had managed to appear on the company’s compilation album So Icy Summer and released two more songs, final area Y Frozen at the end of 2020.
He had released an extended version of his first hit album earlier this yearwith 13 other songs, including collaborations with other artists such as Offset, Foogiano and with the Pooh Shiesty.
His latest projects
Currently, the American rapper was on the rise and with many projects since then I was preparing a tour with his companion Key Glock, as part of his Glockoma Tour 2023.
“His music has generated a lot of heat since he started rapping with the encouragement of a friend, from day one. A fiery freestyle fueled her first single play a gameFeaturing edgy flows, robust rhymes and dynamic hooks, the intense music video has generated more than 5 million views on YouTube,” reads the singer’s profile on Spotify.
It also said, “Big Scarr may bear the scars of life’s trials and tribulations on his face and body, but he emerges triumphant from those tragedies.” On that platform, monthly it was listened to by more than a million users.
Until we meet again
“This hurts, I miss you @bigscarr,” his friend and record producer Gucci Man recalled on his Instagram account, accompanied by several photos of the rapper.
The young singer has amassed millions of followers on social media and, interestingly, had been close to death at the age of 16 when he suffered a serious car accident.
At that time he survived and, as a result, decided to choose his stage name BIg Scarr (Great Scar, in English), as a reminder of his consequences. That traumatic experience was also reflected in his songs.
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Source: Clarin
