‘Geto Boys’ Rapper Bushwick Bill ‘Fighting For Life’ As Family Members Converge To Hospital Bedside

HOUSTON, TX. (THECOUNT) — Bushwick Bill, a member of the iconic rap trio the Geto Boys, is fighting for his life in a hospital and family members are said to be by his bedside. The musician has been fighting a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Reports from fellow rappers on social media said the musician had passed away, but that proved false after his publicist set the record straight talking to TMZ on Sunday.

Bill’s publicist told TMZ Sunday morning that the rapper is “still alive and fighting cancer” in a hospital. She says she spoke to hospital staff to confirm, and says some of Bill’s family members are by his hospital bedside right now. Others are on their way.

As for why so many of Bill’s friends, including Scarface, are posting that he’s passed — the publicist says someone got incorrect information which is spreading like wildfire, reports TMZ.

The rumors were likely stirred by Bill’s absence from a Saturday night Dallas concert. He was scheduled to make a special performance, but was unable to make it because he was hospitalized.

Bill’s publicist reportedly informed event organizers ahead that he was not well enough to make it.

Bushwick Bill, Scarface and Willie D became the Geto Boys in Houston back in 1988 and signed with J. Prince’s Rap-A-Lot Records. The group was instantly controversial for its graphic lyrics which made radio airplay almost impossible. Their 1991 album “Can’t Be Stopped” still went platinum, though, on the strength of classics like, “Mind Playing Tricks On Me.”

Bill was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in February. Just last month, he told TMZ he was undergoing intensive chemotherapy, and had hoped to get back on the road.

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