Most artists spend years managing themselves before they figure out the business side. Skyler Lewis, who performs as LBE Scar, did it backward. After working as promotion manager at Hit Camp Records in 2019 and later managing artists at Loedagang, LLC, he founded Scar Management and learned every angle of the industry before releasing his own music. Now he’s applied all that experience to his debut, dropping two EPs in the same week and preparing to open for Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.
The Chronicles of Scar, Vol. 1 arrived October 27, followed four days later by Vol. 2 on Halloween. Both projects clock in under 13 minutes, engineered and produced entirely by Lewis himself. “I learned that self-reliance is crucial,” Lewis explains, citing his children as his motivation. For someone who’s spent years watching artists succeed and fail, he knows exactly what separates the ones who last.
Born in Canton, Ohio in 1996, Lewis grew up in what’s regularly listed among America’s most dangerous cities. He’s been writing since before elementary school, performing in talent shows and school plays before he turned six. But music took a backseat while he built his business credentials. LBE stands for Loyalty Before Everything, and it’s not a brand strategy. “This whole process is personal. It ain’t got nothing to do with music anymore,” he says. Everything circles back to his two kids, Zalaya and Junior. When asked what inspired both EPs, his answer doesn’t waver: “My kids. That’s it. Plain and simple.”
The standout track “Karma” from Vol. 1 tackles betrayal head-on, walking through the experience of investing in people who couldn’t return the same energy. Lewis pushes back against waiting for opportunities, declaring in the track, “I knew I could be whatever I wanted to be. All I had to do was follow my dreams. F*ck a handout and do it on my feet.” “Choose You,” also from Vol. 1, came together on his 29th birthday in May after a falling out with someone he’d trusted. “I had to force myself to finish the song even though I’d just been betrayed,” Lewis recalls. Vol. 2’s “Calling Me Bae” shifts into relationship territory, dealing with the gap between what people say in private versus what they’ll claim in public.
What’s next comes fast. Lewis and his childhood friend YBL SINATRA, son of Bizzy Bone, have New York interviews and performances lined up over the next few weeks. The two grew up around the corner from each other in Cleveland, and SINATRA’s been instrumental in setting up the upcoming Bone Thugs-N-Harmony show on November 29th at the Agora Theater (tickets here). Lewis credits him directly: “I just want to give a special shoutout to my brother SINATRA for staying loyal, plugging me in, and making all this happen.”
His cameraman Dee Dee Vision will handle visuals for the performances and upcoming releases. A full tour kicks off February 2026, with dates dropping New Year’s Day.
Lewis describes his sound as “vision-able, over-seeing, manifest-able,” which reads like industry speak until you hear what he means. “I want people to catch a vision when they hear me. Something consistent they can hold onto.” After years of managing other people’s careers, he’s applying everything he learned to his own. The difference is, he’s not waiting for anyone’s approval. He already knows how this works.
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