For Skyler Lewis, “Loyalty Before Everything” isn’t just a name. It’s a code built on truth. “We can respect the truth, but we can’t respect a liar,” the Canton, Ohio artist known as LBE Scar says. This belief is the raw nerve running through his two new EPs, The Chronicles of Scar, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Released back-to-back in late October, the tracks get real about what drives him. It’s not industry connections or chasing trends. It’s his kids, Zalaya and Junior, and a bone-deep conviction that truth is the only currency that matters.
Born May 4, 1996, in one of America’s most dangerous cities, Lewis started writing poetry and performing before he turned six. But his path to music took some detours. He worked as a promotion manager at Hit Camp Records in 2019, managed artists at Loedagang, LLC, and eventually founded his own company, Scar Management. He’s also a photographer and business manager. The Renaissance man approach wasn’t planned, it just happened. “Self-reliance is crucial,” he says, and you can hear that independence in every bar.
The Chronicles of Scar, Vol. 1 dropped October 27, 2025, with five tracks spanning 12 minutes. Four days later, Vol. 2 arrived with another five tracks. The standout from the first project is “Karma,” a raw two-and-a-half-minute meditation on betrayal and resilience. The second volume brings “Calling Me Bae” and “Switch Up,” both dealing with the messy reality of relationships where public and private personas don’t match up.
What’s interesting is how Scar talks about these releases. “I wanted y’all to feel me in these songs, like really feel me, without any visuals even needed,” he explains. “I just wanted to paint a picture inside the mind of my audience.” He’s not overselling it. The production is smooth, the lyricism is personal, and he handles his own engineering. When he describes his sound as “vision-able, over-seeing, manifest-able,” it sounds pretentious on paper, but listening to the work, you get what he means. These tracks set a mood.
“Karma” came from a dark place. “As long as you never switch, I forever got your back,” he raps, capturing the sting of broken trust. The line “F*ck a handout and do it on my feet” sums up his whole approach. No shortcuts, no compromises. “Choose You,” written on his 29th birthday this past May, came right after a betrayal. “I took that inner pain and turned it into motivation,” he says. “We can respect the truth, but we can’t respect a liar.”
Scar’s childhood friend YBL SINATRA, real name Leon McCane and son of Bizzy Bone, has been a key collaborator. “We grew up around the corner from each other when I lived in Cleveland,” Scar says. They’ve got New York appearances lined up together in the coming weeks, but the big moment happens November 29th when they open for all five members of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at Cleveland’s Agora Theater. (tickets here) “I just want to give a special shoutout to my brother SINATRA for staying loyal, plugging me in, and making all this happen,” he says.
Cameraman Dee Dee Vision will be capturing the performances. “He’s a goat with the camera,” Scar notes. A full tour launches February 2026, with dates dropping New Year’s Day.
You can follow LBE Scar’s moves on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, Spotify, and Soundcloud. As he prepares for the Agora stage, he’s proving that “getting real” isn’t just a theme for a record. It’s the foundation of everything he’s building.
