The Jamaica-born rapper was widely reported to have died earlier Sunday after a bandmate wrote a post on Instagram suggesting so, but his publicist had said Sunday afternoon that those reports were premature. Bill’s publicist confirmed the rapper died Sunday evening. The song was featured in Mike Judge's 1999 workplace satire "Office Space." Bushwick Bill, a member of the influential Texas rap group the Geto Boys, has died after a battle with cancer. On another of the group's tracks, "Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta," he rapped about being a smart gangster who was positioning himself for success and longevity rather than a violent early death.
Later, he would compare himself to the horror character Chucky, even writing a song about it. Their gritty verses punctuated by tales of violence, misogyny and hustling made them platinum sensations and showed that rap had strength outside the strongholds of New York, where it got its start, and later Los Angeles.īushwick Bill was the group's most explosive member, and played up his real-life chaos: The cover of the Geto Boys "We Can't Be Stopped" features him on a gurney with a garish eye wound. The Houston-based Geto Boys was a trio consisting of Bushwick Bill, Scarface and Willie D that launched in the late 1980s.
at least they will have residual income from those things." He said he was working on new music because, "I notice when most celebrities pass, they really don't have nothing set up for their children and everything's in disarray so I figure, old music will sell but if I have new music for them. "I died and came back already on Jso I know what it's like on the other side," he said. Bushwick Bill, the 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 Sunday at the age of. His family appreciates all of the prayers and support and are asking for privacy at this time,” the official statement continues.In an interview with TMZ, Bushwick Bill said he wasn't afraid of dying, referencing one of his songs, "Ever So Clear," from his 1992 solo album, where he talks about shooting himself in the head and losing an eye when he was high on drugs. “We are looking into doing a public memorial at a later date. The Geto Boys enjoyed success in the 1990s with the group's classic lineup consisting of Bushwick Bill, Scarface and Willie D, earning several certified albums and hit singles, including 'Mind Playing Tricks on Me' which reached No. Bushwick Bill, Scarface and Willie D became the Geto Boys in Houston back in 1988 and signed with J. Cypress Hill: Insane in The Brain will premiere on Showtime Wednesday, April 20 and Bushwick Bill: Geto Boy will premiere on Friday, April 29. Bill was born with dwarfism and joined the Geto Boys in 1986, after performing as the group’s dancer. Friends and fans rallied behind Bill as his situation worsened and, in recent days, his reps confirmed he was on a ventilator at a Colorado hospital.Įarlier, uncorroborated reports that Bill had died Sunday morning were incorrect, the rapper’s publicist Dawn P. The Geto Boys (originally spelled Ghetto Boys) is an American hip hop group originally formed in Houston, Texas.The group was formed in 1987. Sadly in 2019, the group lost pivotal group member Bushwick Bill to pancreatic cancer, effectively forcing the end of The Geto Boys as we know it. In May of this year, Bill went public about his stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis, for which he was receiving intensive chemotherapy treatments. He was 52.īill’s publicist confirmed the rapper died Sunday evening.
Bushwick Bill, a member of the influential Texas rap group the Geto Boys, has died after a battle with cancer.
0 kommentar(er)
