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Bushwick Bill
Bushwick Bill
	; Bushwick Bill
Background information
Birth name	Richard Shaw
Born	December 8, 1966 (age 43)
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Rapper, Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1988 – present
Labels	Rap-a-Lot Records
Website	[1]

Richard Shaw (born December 8, 1966)^[1], better known by the stage name Bushwick Bill, is a member of the American hip hop group Geto Boys.

[edit] History

The most well-known event of Bushwick Bill's life was a shooting accident in which he lost his right eye. One night in May 1991, while depressed, drunk and suicidal, he went to his girlfriend's house and asked her to shoot him. She refused, and he threatened to harm their baby. After a struggle, the gun went off, piercing his eye, leaving a bullet stuck inside his head. He survived the accident, but lost his eye.^[2] The whole story is told in detail in the song "Ever So Clear" and its accompanying music video^[3]. The song name is a reference to the grain alcohol he was drinking at the time of the accident: Everclear. While in the hospital, a picture was taken for The Geto Boys' next album We Can't Be Stopped. In the picture, the two other Geto Boys, Willie D and Scarface, are pushing a gurney down a hospital hall, and the bloodied swollen eye can clearly be seen.

Bushwick Bill can also be heard and seen in the album The Chronic by Dr. Dre. He appears in the video for Dre Day, as well as the introducing and concluding parts of Stranded on Death Row which was performed by Kurupt of Tha Dogg Pound, RBX, the Lady of Rage and Snoop Doggy Dogg. His 1998 album No Surrender…No Retreat was dedicated to his friend Gil Epstein, a Fort Bend County prosecutor, who was shot dead in Houston, Texas, in 1996 ^[4].

He has also acted in movies like Who's the Man?, Original Gangstas, Night Vision and Street Life ^[5].

According to his MySpace page, he is now a born-again Christian. He has completed a Christian rap album entitled Testimony of Redemption.^[6] In July 2008, he appeared with the Geto Boys at a concert in Houston.^[7]

In regards to fame, he stated:

“

Fame will make you crazy. Fame isn't for everybody. There are people who have a fear of fame, those who want fame, and those who don't understand fame. It drives them crazy, because it is a lot of responsibility to be all things to all people, and you can lose yourself in the shuffle, where there are no longer 52 cards in the deck.^[8]

”

Bushwick Bill stands tall at 3'8".^[9]

[edit] Discography

Album information
Little Big Man Released: September 8, 1992 Billboard 200 chart position: #15 R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #32 Singles: "Ever So Clear"/"Call Me Crazy" (#49 R&B)
Phantom of the Rapra Released: July 11, 1995 Billboard 200 chart position: #85 R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #3 Singles: "Who's the Biggest"/"Only God Knows" (#113 Pop, #88 R&B)
No Surrender…No Retreat Released: October 27, 1998 Billboard 200 chart position: - R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #43 Singles:
*Universal Small Souljah* Released: March 13, 2001 Billboard 200 chart position: - R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: - Singles: "Unforgiven"
Gutta Mixx Released: March 29, 2005 Billboard 200 chart position: - R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: - Singles: "20Minutesormore"
Testimony of Redemption Released: December 1, 2009 Billboard 200 chart position: - R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: -

[edit] References

^ Strong, Martin Charles (2002). "Geto Boys". The Great Rock Discography (7th edition ed.). Canongate. pp. 599. ISBN 1841956155.
^ http://www.spinner.com/2007/05/18/twisted-tales-bushwick-bill-asks-for-and-receives-a-bullet-in-t/
^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLnbQZnBeCw
^ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1426734/19981119/bushwick_bill.jhtml
^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0082266/
^ http://www.streetcred.com/?page=reviews/entry&id=97
^ http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2008/07/aftermath_geto_boys_at_warehou.php
^ http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1496457/20050202/houston_rap.jhtml
^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0082266/bio

[edit] External links

Bushwick Bill's Myspace Page

[0] Strong, Martin Charles (2002). "Geto Boys". The Great Rock Discography (7th edition ed.). Canongate. pp. 599. ISBN 1841956155.

[1] ttp://www.spinner.com/2007/05/18/twisted-tales-bushwick-bill-asks-for-and-receives-a-bullet-in-t/

[2] ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLnbQZnBeCw

[3] ttp://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1426734/19981119/bushwick_bill.jhtml

[4] ttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0082266/

[5] ttp://www.streetcred.com/?page=reviews/entry&id=97

[6] ttp://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2008/07/aftermath_geto_boys_at_warehou.php

[7] ttp://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1496457/20050202/houston_rap.jhtml

[8] ttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0082266/bio

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Contents

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[edit] References

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