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Richard William Stephen Shaw (December 8, 1966 – June 9, 2019), better known by his stage name Bushwick Bill, was a Jamaican rapper. [3] He was a member of the Texas hip hop group Geto Boys , a group he originally joined as a breakdancer in 1986 as Little Billy . [ 4 ]
Geto Boys (originally spelled Ghetto Boys) was an American hip hop group originally formed in Houston, Texas. They saw commercial success in the 1990s with the lineup consisting of Bushwick Bill , Scarface and Willie D .
The other two Geto Boys members and the group's management team took Bill out of the hospital room in order to take the picture, removing his eyepatch and intravenous drip in the process. Bill later expressed regret over the album cover, saying, "It still hurts me to look at that cover because that was a personal thing I went through...
Bushwick Bill, a member of the Houston rap trio Geto Boys, died Sunday night. He was 52. The rapper (born Richard Shaw) recently revealed that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
Bushwick Bill was recently diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
Additionally, rapper Jean Grae references Geto Boys' rapper, Bushwick Bill's dream sequence from "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" in her 2004 song, "Going Crazy". [20] Atom & His Package covered/parodied the song on his debut album Atom & His Package, also known as The First CD.
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At the time Prince was looking to revamp the Geto Boys and knew that Willie D would be a key factor in the group's success. Once Willie D was on board, Scarface was added to complete the group. [4] Considered the classic line up, Willie D, Bushwick Bill, and Scarface first emerged as the Geto Boys in 1989 with their gold record, Grip It!