Bushwick Bill

Richard Shaw (December 8, 1966 – June 9, 2019), known by his stage name, Bushwick Bill, was an American rapper of Jamaican descent. He was best known as being a member of the rap group, Geto Boys. Bushwick Bill has dwarfism.

Life
He lost his eye when he was depressed, drunk and suicidal, and went to his girlfriend's house and asked her to shoot him. She refused, and he threatened to hurt their baby. After a struggle, the gun went off and the bullet pierced his eye which left the bullet stuck inside his head. Bill survived the accident. The album cover for Geto Boy's 1991 album, We Can't Be Stopped is a picture of Bill in the hospital after his accident.

On May 1, 2019, he revealed that in February of that year he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He died a month later on June 9, 2019 at a Denver, Colorado hospital from the disease, aged 52.

 Discography 
 Albums 
Bushwick Bill has released 6 studio albums:
 Year  Album 1992  Little Big Man 1995  Phantom of the Rapra 1998  No Surrender…No Retreat 2001  Universal Small Souljah 2005  Gutta Mixx 2010  My Testimony of Redemption

References

Websites
 Bushwick Bill at Myspace

Category:1966 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Category:Rappers from Texas
Category:Singers from Houston
Category:People with dwarfism