![]() Still, the group’s follow-up album in 1991, We Can't Be Stopped, went platinum its single "Mind Playing Tricks on Me," a grim inner-city reflection on trauma and PTSD, went top 10 on the R&B chart, to No. The uproar surrounding The Geto Boys (whose tracks like "Mind of a Lunatic" and "Assassins” dealt with rape, serial killing, and even necrophilia) generated publicity and made the group a cause célèbre like 2 Live Crew and Ice-T’s Body Count, although the Geto Boys never received the mainstream attention of some of their peers. That record was released in 1990 on Rubin’s major label, Def American Recordings. The album caught the ear of super-producer Rick Rubin, who took 10 of its tracks plus one from the group’s 1988 debut, Making Trouble, and remixed them with his protégé Brendan O'Brien for The Geto Boys. ![]() At age 19, he joined Houston’s Geto Boys, whose core lineup eventually included Scarface and Willie D., originally as a dancer known as “Little Billy.” That core lineup released Grip It! On That Other Level (featuring one of Bill’s signature songs, “Size Ain’t S***”) in 1989. Born with dwarfism, as an adult he stood at 3 foot 8 inches tall. His family appreciates all of the prayers and support and are asking for privacy at this time.”īushwick Bill was born Richard Stephen Shaw on Dec. We are looking into doing a public memorial at a later date. “There were incorrect previous reports that he had passed away this morning. He was surrounded by his immediate family,” the rapper’s publicist, Dawn P., told Rolling Stone on Sunday night. ![]() “Bushwick Bill passed away peacefully this evening at 9:35 P.M. ![]() (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)Īfter several conflicting reports earlier Sunday - initially disseminated by TMZ - regarding the health of the Geto Boys’ Bushwick Bill, it has now been confirmed that the pioneering rapper has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. ![]() LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 05: Rapper Bushwick Bill of The Geto Boys performs onstage during Beach Goth Festival at Los Angeles State Historic Park on Augin Los Angeles, California. ![]()
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