Screwface

The Miami rap performer who calls himself Screwface, a creator of funny small rhyming couplets since he was in grade school, shouldn’t be confused with a minimum of three indie rock bands which have used exactly the same unattractive, threatening, and creepy-sounding combo name inspired by way of a Bob Marley song. “Screwface” is in fact the secondary resource using the rapper Screwface, section of a close-knit category of performers producing functions for the Iconz label. In interviews he says he find the name after viewing a Stephen Seagal film, Marked for Loss of life — the heinous villain in this step picture was called honoring the Marley melody, nevertheless. The rapper may hint at commonalities between the life style of his youngsters as well as the Jamaican origins from the nickname, signifying a hoodlum who’s sincere about about his economic dealings. Screwface also comes off as something of the CEO type, calmly outlining a five-year program where his solo record will go platinum and he becomes a millionaire. Significantly assisting in this is actually the Iconz collective, the only real label Screwface continues to be involved with a minimum of in the initial five many years of his profession and web host to a number of performers who have resolved in Miami from locales including Haiti, Jamaica, NY, and California. Miami rap symbols with cozy-sounding brands such as for example Uncle Al and Uncle Luke had been early boosters of Screwface, whose afterwards production work contains the lovely Irish boy music group Mytown.