Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys has Passed Away

The Jamaican born rapper Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys has died at he age of 52.

What We know:

  • “Bill passed away peacefully yesterday evening at 9:35pm. He was surrounded by his immediate family following his publicist Dawn P”, RollingStone said.
  • He was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in February and only told his close relatives. Bill wanted to keep his diagnosis to himself up until last month when he told TMZ about his illness.
  • “I have been keeping it to myself, I have only told close family members and that’s about it. But I figure keeping it to myself is not helping anybody, It’s not like I am afraid of dying because I’ve already died and came back in June 19, 1991, so I know what it is like on the other side,” Bill said.
  • Bill references his second coming to life as the time he was shot in the eye while tussling a gun held by his girlfriend.
  • Dawn P. wrote a statement about Bill passing on Instagram and it states,

https://www.instagram.com/p/Byg7bBGJ-rd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

  • “The rapper struggled with drugs and alcohol and faced possible deportation after a 2010 arrest in Atlanta,” CNN said.

His legacy will be remembered, R.I.P Bushwick Bill.