Bushwick Bill

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small, dark and handsome,

he creeps, he peeps through one eye

as he takes the stage

Born on December 8th, 1966 in Kingston Jamaica, Richard Stephen Shaw, "Bushwick Bill", is one of the most famous dwarfs of our day. He is 3'8" tall and chock-full of hood. In 1986 Bushwick Bill, Willie D and Scarface formed the rap group Geto Boys (originally spelled Ghetto Boys) in Houston Texas, and to this day they still create Southern hip hop, horrorcore and gangsta rap. Bushwick Bill named himself after the New York City borough where he once lived.

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Bushwick Bill's first solo album titled Little Big Man was released on September 8th, 1992, almost one year after he lost his eye in a lovers' quarrel. The album's hit single "Ever So Clear" details the incident, in which he was shot in the face after drinking Everclear and threatening his live-in girlfriend.

Wikipedia credits Bushwick Bill for coining the term "Popeye's chicken is the shiznit." The statement was so profound that Adam Sandler featured it in his film, Little Nicky.

Little known fact: Bushwick Bill had a thing for the Child's Play movies. Some friends call him "Chuckwick". He even has a song named after the movie on the Geto Boys album Uncut Dope.

According to Bushwick Bill's MySpace page he is now a Born-again Christian, and on March 25th, 2010 he released a Christian rap album called My Testimony of Redemption. It could either suck, or be quite awesome. You decide.

Love you, Bushwick Bill.