Rappers pay tribute to Geto Boys' Bushwick Bill

10 June 2019, 11:18 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

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Rappers have paid tribute to Geto Boys' Bushwick Bill, who has passed away aged 52.

The Geto Boys rapper revealed last month that he was battling pancreatic cancer.

In the same statement Bill shared that he was working on three albums, "The reason why I’m doing three albums right now: Because I notice when most celebrities pass, they really don’t have nothing set up for they children, and everything’s in disarray. So I figure old music will sell, yes. But if I have new music for them, and I have a book, and I have a documentary, and I have any other endeavors that I get into now, at least they’ll have residual income from those things instead of just knowing that I’m their dad and my old records are selling."

Bill's death was reported prematurely yesterday (9 June). Rolling Stone reports that the Geto Boys rapper passed away peacefully at 9:35pm yesterday (9 June).

Geto Boys released a series of hip hop hits including "Mind Playing Tricks on Me", and "Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta". Bushwick Bill even collaborated with Dr. Dre on The Chronic album track, "Stranded On Death Row".

Rappers around the world have been paying tribute to the Geto Boys legend.

R.I.P. the Legend Bushwick Bill prayers up for his family pic.twitter.com/807KVtwzmY
— juicy j (@therealjuicyj) June 9, 2019

The family of Bushwick Bill has now confirmed that the Geto Boy has passed away. Rest In Peace pic.twitter.com/vXzAN1VSu0
— Cypress Hill ™ (@cypresshill) June 10, 2019

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#RIP Bushwick Bill. Geto Boys 4 Life!!!!
A post shared by LENARD (@cthagod) on Jun 9, 2019 at 8:15am PDT

April 7. The last time I saw him. He was, is and will always be a legend. God bless his soul and his family. There will never be another. RIP Bushwick Bill. Geto Boys. https://t.co/KUfgxHSAQa
— Bun B (@BunBTrillOG) June 9, 2019