This person died in 2019 at age 52. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica but spent much of his childhood in Brooklyn. In the late 1980s, the influential music producer Rick Rubin signed his group. In 1991, he had an early brush with death when he was shot in the right eye. He was born with dwarfism and stood approximately 3 feet 8 inches tall. He was a member of the Houston-based rap group the Geto Boys, who’s biggest singles were ”Mind Playing Tricks on Me“ and “Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta”. Today’s dead celebrity is Bushwick Bill.
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LINKS:
New York Times Obituary for Bushwick Bill
Geto Boys’ album cover for “We Can’t Be Stopped”
Bushwick Bill’s son Young Knxw official site
“Why Bushwick Bill Matters” book by Charles Hughes on Goodreads
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