Update: June 9, 1:32 p.m. Eastern: After reports spread about the death of Bushwick Bill, the rapper’s son released a statement on Instagram confirming that the Geto Boys icon is still alive. “My dad IS NOT dead, he’s still alive and fighting for his life,” he wrote. “He needs your continued prayers and support. Certain people have been so quick to write him off as dead so they can capitalize off it, and it’s messed up because y’all really think these people care about him. There is no Geto Boys without Bushwick Bill.”
Earlier today, Bushwick Bill—one of the founding members of the iconic Houston rap group Geto Boys—was reported dead at age 52 after Geto Boys’ Scarface confirmed the news in a since-deleted Instagram post. TMZ subsequently changed their initial report, noting that Bill’s representative said that the rapper was still alive and fighting in the hospital. In February 2019, Bushwick Bill was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and underwent intensive chemotherapy.
A Geto Boys farewell tour was announced and subsequently scrapped. Bushwick Bill was reportedly upset with the title of the tour (“The Beginning of a Long Goodbye: The Final Farewell”) because it “made it seem like he was on his deathbed.”
This article was originally June 9 at 11:35 a.m. Eastern. It was last updated on June 9 at 1:43 p.m. Eastern.
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