What is Bushwick Bill?
{{Infobox musical artist |Name = Bushwick Bill |Img = Bushwick Bill pic.jpg |Img_capt = Bushwick Bill |Img_size = 250 |Landscape = |Background = solo_singer |Birth_name = Richard Shaw |Alias = |birth_date= {{birth date|1966|12|8}} |birth_place = [[Kingston, Jamaica]] |death_place = [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], United States |death_date={{death date and age|2019|6|9|1966|12|8}} |Genre = [[Hip hop]] |Instrument = |Occupation = [[rapping|Rapper]] |Years_active = 1988–2019 |Label = [[Rap-a-Lot Records|Rap-a-Lot]] |Associated_acts = [[Geto Boys]] |URL = [http://www.myspace.com/therealbushwickbill Official Myspace] }} '''Richard Shaw''' (December 8, 1966 &ndash; June 9, 2019), known by his stage name, '''Bushwick Bill''', was an [[Americans|American]] rapper of [[Jamaica]]n 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/2007/05/18/twisted-tales-bushwick-bill-asks-for-and-receives-a-bullet-in-t/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912191019/http://www.spinner.com/2007/05/18/twisted-tales-bushwick-bill-asks-for-and-receives-a-bullet-in-t/|url-status=dead|title=Twisted Tales: Bushwick Bill Asks for and Receives a Bullet in the Ey…|date=12 September 2012|archive-date=12 September 2012|website=archive.is}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/2010/08/full-clip-scarface-pg-2|title=Full Clip: Scarface (Pg. 2)|date=6 August 2010|website=Vibe}}</ref> On May 1, 2019, he revealed that in February of that year he had been diagnosed with [[Pancreatic cancer|stage 4 pancreatic canc