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Rapper Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys Dies at 52

Born Richard Stephen Shaw, the rapper died on June 9 of stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

Rapper Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys Dies at 52

Rapper Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys Dies at 52

Born Richard Stephen Shaw, the rapper died on June 9 of stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

Rapper Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys Dies at 52
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Bushwick Bill, MC of Geto Boys, was a master storyteller, infamous for his rowdy lifestyle and vividly gruesome lyrics that pioneered the horrorcore genre and elevated the southern hip-hop scene to national level notoriety. The 52-year-old rapper, born Richard Stephen Shaw, died Sunday, June 9, of stage 4 pancreatic cancer, according to Bill’s publicist and the Associated Press.

Richard Shaw was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on Dec. 8, 1966, but soon moved to Bushwick as a young child, where he spent his early formative years in the…

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