I’ve received threats of violence in the past. In some spaces that can be uncomfortable, even dangerous. The rapper, born Richard Shaw, had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.Īlongside Willie D and Scarface, Shaw appeared on seven of the eight Geto Boys albums and laid down verses for the group's most popular hits, including “Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta.”īut below that rough gangsta exterior was a warmth, kindness and love for the community in hip-hop.įor those who don't know, I'm a rapper when I'm not a writer, and during South by Southwest 2018, I was invited to perform a set directly before Shaw’s.īeing openly gay, I often speak form the stage about how visibility is important for the LGBTQ community, so I basically out myself every time I’m on the mic. Geto Boys rapper Bushwick Bill died peacefully Sunday at the age of 52, surrounded by his immediate family, his publicist told Rolling Stone. Sometimes, it turns out, those people are gangsta rappers. Sometimes the most unexpected people will give you the affirmation you never knew you needed. Let me catch up with that first, and then I’ll try to catch on to something else.”ĭeeply Rooted eyes a September 1 release date.Bushwick Bill (left) hangs out with writer Chris Conde at SXSW 2018. So for me to try to do something else, and I hadn’t caught with what my biggest influences was, I’m still trying to catch up with Marley. I’m still trying to catch up with Uncle Funky, George Clinton. “Yeah, I’m with him with that, I do not want to be a big ass kid in the sandbox,” ‘Face said. The Houston-based legend was also asked about rebranding himself on the heels of Puff Daddy’s recent interview with the radio trio when Puffy conversed about the youth of Hip Hop trying to be like him. “That’s a page in history that is closed for me. “That’s over,” ‘Face said in regards to teaming up with Willie D and Bushwick Bill again. Recently sitting down with New York 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, group headman Scarface, who’s preparing his own solo album release with Deeply Rooted–the follow-up to 2008’s Emeritus, spoke about the status of the group and whether they would come together to drop another project or tour. The question over whether the Geto Boys would ever release a collaborative album ever again might now have a more definite answer.

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