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Bushwick Bill
He's one of the most recognized and respected artists in rap music. As a solo artist and member of the Geto Boys, he has written and performed music on three gold and platinum albums, all of which have gone to the top spot on various charts and sold close to three million copies. In 1988 Bushwick and label mate, Gangsta Nip, won renown for co-opting and reinventing the horror movie style in his music and lyrics. That style of graphic rap would later be known as horror-core. Dr. Wolfgang Von Bushwick the Barbarian Mother Funky Stay High Dollar Billstir aka Bushwick Bill was born in the Trenchtown section of Jamaica and while he was still a youngster, he moved to the Flatbush area of Brooklyn, N.Y. Tired of New York City and anxious for a change of scenery, he moved to Houston, Texas in 1987, where he would become a member of the fledgling rap group, the Geto Boys. "When I met James Smith I was just a dancer and then he told me that I could rap and he was right. Then he hooked me up with John Bido-One from JungleStyle and he helped me develop my recording skills and the rest has been history." Remembers Bushwickin. He remains the only original member of the Geto Boys group that began back in '87. In 1991 Bushwickin had a near fatal encounter with grain alcohol and a .22 caliber pistol in a much publicized shooting incident. Bill explains, "I was stupid and halfway out of my mind at the time. It was unfortunate that I had to go through the situation to straighten out my life, but it didn't kill me, so you know that it made me stronger." Bill continues, "I see the world from a whole different perspective now and I realize that there is too much to strive for to go out over something stupid."
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