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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. 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.
Jun 10, 2019 · CNN — Geto Boys co-founder Bushwick Bill has died. He was 52. The Jamaican-born rapper began his career with the Geto Boys as a dancer before he joined the group as a rapper. He’s known for...
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Jun 9, 2019 · Bushwick Bill, a member of the Houston rap trio Geto Boys, has died at the age of 52. The rapper born Richard Shaw recently revealed that he had been diagnosed with stage 4...
Jun 10, 2019 · Houston rapper Bushwick Bill, a founding member of the pioneering rap crew Geto Boys, died on Sunday evening in Colorado, his publicist, Dawn P., confirmed with NPR.
Jun 10, 2019 · June 10, 2019. Bushwick Bill, who helped inject vivid psychological horror and lightly morbid comedy into Southern hip-hop storytelling in becoming one of the genre’s most recognizable...
Jun 10, 2019 · Back in 1991, 25-year-old Bushwick Bill, high on PCP and after drinking Everclear grain alcohol, shot himself in the eye with a gun during an argument with his girlfriend. That is one version of...
Jun 10, 2019 · Bushwick Bill, the diminutive, one-eyed rapper who with the Geto Boys helped put the South's stamp on rap with hits like "Mind Playing Tricks On Me" and "Six Feet Deep," died on...
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Jun 10, 2019 · The Geto Boys member Bushwick Bill was an integral figure in hip-hop — he died on Sunday night after a battle with pancreatic cancer
Jun 9, 2019 · Bushwick Bill, a member of the influential Texas rap group the Geto Boys, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 52. Bill’s publicist confirmed the rapper died Sunday evening.
Jun 10, 2019 · Geto Boys’ Bushwick Bill died Sunday evening, his publicist confirmed to Associated Press and on Instagram. Earlier this year, he was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He was 52.
