The rumors were likely stirred by Bill's absence from a Saturday night Dallas gig. Others are on their way.Īs for why so many of Bill's friends, including Scarface, are posting that he's passed - the publicist says someone got incorrect information which is spreading like wildfire. She says she spoke to hospital staff to confirm, and says some of Bill's family members are by his hospital bedside right now. She stressed, "There is no Geto Boys without Bushwick Bill."Ĩ:55 AM PT - Bill's publicist tells TMZ he is "still alive and fighting cancer" in a hospital. She said on IG, "Certain people have been so quick to write him off as dead so they can capitalize off it." She also hinted at some friction between Bill and unnamed industry people. Bill's final words were, "I will love you forever."īushwick Bill, real name Richard Shaw, was 52.ġ0:05 AM PT - Bill's daughter says her father is "fighting for his life" and needs prayers and support. His publicist says plans are underway for a public memorial.
The Geto Boys again ginned up controversy by using a photo of Bill – on a gurney in his hospital gown, his face bandaged and eye badly injured – as the cover of their 1991 “We Can’t Be Stopped” album.ĬNN’s Chloe Melas contributed to this report.8:45 PM PT - Bill's reps confirm he died Sunday evening surrounded by family at 9:35 PM in Houston. He documented the incident in the song, “Ever So Clear,” rhyming, “I grabbed her hand and placed the gun to my eye muscle/She screamed, ‘Stop,’ and then we broke into another tussle/Yo, during the fight the gun went off quick, Damn – ah s***, I’m hit.” In 1991, the rapper lost an eye after he was shot during an argument with his then-girlfriend while he was drunk on Everclear pure-grain alcohol. Gary Miller/FilmMagic/Getty Imagesīill, who had dwarfism, was originally a dancer for the earliest iteration of the Geto Boys before joining the group as a rapper for its 1988 debut album “Making Trouble.” The group’s second album cast them into the spotlight, serving as one of the first examples of hip-hop’s “horrorcore” subgenre, though their graphic and gory lyrics precluded their songs from receiving much radio play. Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys performs in concert at Emo's on Januin Austin, Texas.
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