Richard Shaw, better known as Bushwick Bill, is a
dwarf and member of the
rap group
Geto Boys. He also has been known to refer to himself as "Dr. Wolfgang Von Bushwickin the Barbarian Mother Funky Stay High Dollar Billstir."
Bushwick Bill was born on
December 8,
1966, in
Kingston, Jamaica.
The most well-known happening was Bill's shooting accident, where he lost his right eye. One night in May 1991, while
depressed,
drunk and
suicidal, Bill went to his girlfriend's house and forced her to shoot him. As she refused, Bill threatened to harm their baby. After a struggle the gun went off piercing Bill's eye and was stuck inside his head.
Bill survived the accident, but lost his eye.
The whole story is told in detail in the song "Ever So Clear" and there is also a visualising music video to the song. The song name is a reference to the grain alcohol
Everclear he was drinking at the time of the accident. While in hospital, a picture was taken for The
Geto Boys' next album "We Can't Be Stopped". On the picture the two other Geto Boys—
Willie D and
Scarface—push Bill in a
gurney down a hospital hall and the blooded swollen eye can clearly be seen.
According to his MySpace page, Bushwick Bill has disowned his gangsta rap past and is now a born-again Christian. He is working on a Christian rap album entitled Testimony of Redemption.
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