Bushwick Bill (Richard Stephen Shaw, Kingston, Jamaica, December 8, 1966 – June 9, 2019) was a Jamaican-American rapper and record producer He was best known as a member of the pioneering Texas hip hop group Geto Boys, a group he originally joined as a dancer in 1986 as Little Billy. He went on to become one third of the best-known incarnation of the group, alongside Willie D and Scarface. Bushwick Bill was born Richard Stephen Shaw on December 8, 1966, in Kingston, Jamaica.