Bigg Scarr is one of the most promising up-and-coming rappers
signed to Gucci Mane’s 1017 label.
But his come up was far from easy and he had to survive beef with rival gangs,
a shooting that took his appendix, and a car accident that almost took his life.
Let’s get into the career and come up of Big Scarr.
Big Scarr was born and raised in the Magnolia neighborhood of South Memphis
and he’s also Pooh Shiesty’s older cousin,
another memphis rapper signed to 1017.
South Memphis is a wild city known for drugs and crime,
and has damn near every major gang in the city.
Big Scarr had a big family with nine siblings and had it hard growing up.
He lived with his grandmother until she died from lung cancer when he nine years old.
After that, he moved in with his dad,
who taught him how to survive in the wild city of Memphis.
His pops was in the streets but was still around to raise his kids
and take care of the family the best he could.
Scarr says that his father taught him how to be a man,
including his discipline and hard work ethic.
After moving in with his father, Big Scarr was exposed to the streets.
He dropped out of high school in the 10th grade
and got put on the Grape Street Crips at 15.
Grape Street started in the Watts section of Los Angeles.
But they branched out to Memphis
and it’s now one of the deadliest gangs in the city.
Memphis rappers Blocboy JB and NLE Choppa
also claim Grape Street.
Big Scarr joined a smaller clique called Truly Mafia
but later left to start his own crew
called Double R – which stands for Rich and Ruthless a
nd he started beefing with some of his old homies.
This beef would cost him many friends
and the rapper said he lost almost a dozen close people before the age of 21.
When he was 16, Big Scarr got into a head-on collision
that almost took his life.
He was driving a stolen whip with two of his homies from Double R.
He tried to speed through a traffic light that was turning red.
The car going in the other direction was trying to do the same
but was making a turn and neither saw each other coming.
They crashed into each other and Big Scarr went through the windshield.
He ended up spending several days in the hospital recovering
and came out with scars on his eyes, nose, and face.
But the scars only increased his street cred
and helped inspire his future rap name – Big Scarr.
At first, people called him Scarface,
but when he decided to start rapping he changed it to Big Scarr.
Growing up, he never dreamed of being a rapper.
But one of his boys from Double R, Baby K started making music.
Scarr appeared in the videos as a hype man.
Eventually, he decided to try rapping himself
because he was already living the life most rappers talk about in their music.
He was inspired by artists like Lil Boosie and Kodak Black
to make authentic street anthems about the struggle of coming up in his hood.
He said that at a certain point,
he did everything he could do in the streets and wanted more out of life.
So he hopped in the booth to try to find a legal way to make money.
He dropped his first official track Make a Play in December 2019.
The song blew up almost immediately after Polish YouTuber Tommy Craze
reacted to the music video.
Tommy Craze is a YouTuber with over 2.8 million subscribers
who reacts to rap videos.
He has a segment where he reviews videos with zero views
and gives his opinion on the track.
Lil Loaded is another artist he reacted to and helped his song Block Baby blow up overnight.
He ended up coming across Big Scarr’s track Make a Play and gave it a very positive reaction,
calling it a future classic.
This helped the song go viral
and make it the banger that Tommy Kraze said it would be.
So Big Scarr basically blew up from one track
and started attracting the attention of different A&R's from record labels,
including Gucci Mane.
Gucci was shown the track by Pooh Shiesty, Big Scarr’s blood cousin.
By that time, the video had already racked up over 1 million views
and Gucci was so impressed, he wanted to meet with Big Scarr ASAP.
Not long after, Big Scarr flew out to Atlanta and while he was there, he signed a deal with 1017.
In an interview, Big Scarr said that part of the reason
he decided to sign to Gucci was because Guwop was his mom’s favorite rapper.
He said “ain’t no question Wop is a legend.
He’s my mama’s favorite rapper.
We used to ride around in the car listening to him.
It’s crazy I’m signed to him now.”
Big Scarr then joined his cousin Pooh Shiesty and another brand new 1017 signee,
Foogiano on the track So Icy Boyz.
The song would be featured on the compilation project So Icy Summer,
which dropped in July 2020.
This project revealed the new 1017 roster to fans
and confirmed that Big Scarr was one of the label's newest rappers.
But just because he blew up overnight doesn’t mean that everything came easy.
In 2020, the rapper almost lost his life for a second time,
after getting shot and going through major surgery.
Scarr was back in Memphis chillin in his hood
when he was ambushed by the opps and shot.
He was hit in the hip, but because he was moving to get away from the shooter,
the bullet ended up going into his lung.
The doctors had to cut him open through his stomach to get the bullet out.
But, that messed up his intestines
and they had to remove his appendix so he could walk again.
After they sewed him up, it left another huge scar across his stomach.
But he bounced back quicker than he expected and only took 2-3 weeks to recover.
It’s not clear who shot Big Scarr.
But many think it was part of the beef between his Double R clique and Trulla Mafia.
The beef first started after Big Scarr split off to form Double R.
But it really got serious after a Grape Street Crip named BG was killed.
BG had problems with one of Trulla Madias main shooters, C-Mode,
and they started beefing online.
BG eventually ended up dead and one of C-Mode’s homies,
a Trulla Mafia member named Go Crazy, was later arrested for the murder.
This kicked off a bloody war between the two gangs that continues to this day.
Not long before Big Scarr was shot,
he had got into it on Facebook with a Trulla Mafia member named D Money.
Scarr called him the police and told him to stop clout chasing.
D Money responded by reminding him that they used to be Trulla Mafia
and that Double R wants to be just like them.
A few days later, D Money was murdered.
The rumors are that Double R was behind it
and he got chipped for getting at Big Scarr and for dissing their friend 23,
who was also allegedly killed by Trulla Mafia.
A few months later, Big Scarr got shot and almost lost his life,
which is said to have been retaliation for the death of D Money
and other Trulla Mafia members.
But Big Scarr ain’t let the shooting stop his grind.
Not long after getting out of the hospital,
Scarr got the call from Gucci and decided to put an a bandage and fly out to Atlanta
to sign with 1017, even though he was still recovering.
But the rapper wasn’t about to let anything come between him and his bread,
so he did what he had to do.
He also filmed a music video for So Icy Boys, while he was bandaged up,
showing his dedication to becoming a full-time rapper.
He dropped the track Frozone later that year
and also appeared on So Icy Boyz Part 2 along with Pooh Shiesty, Foogiano, and Tay Keith.
He followed up with the single I Would Keep Goin in February 2021,
then TrapHouse in March.
He dropped his debut project Big Grim Reaper on April 16th, 2021,
which features Pooh Shiesty, Baby K, Gucci Mane, and Foogiano.
It sold about 22,000 albums and peaked at number 25 on the Billboard 200.
So, it looks like Big Scarr is on his way to doing big things in the music industry
as long as he can stay focused and out of trouble.
His cousin Pooh Shiesty wasn’t so lucky and got caught up in a Fed case
that could put him behind bars for the next few years.
In October, Pooh pled guilty to an armed robbery case in Florida,
after one of his co defendants also pled guilty.
He ain’t been sentenced yet, but he’s looking at doing between 5-10 years in prison.
So with Pooh possibly sitting down the next few years,
Big Scarr is in a good position to step up
and become one of the top artists on the 1017 roster.
He has a lot of momentum and popularity even though he’s only been rapping for about 2 years.
But only time will tell if he’ll step up to the plate
and become a star or just another rapper who couldn’t fully transition out of the streets.