Richard Shaw, better known as Bushwick Bill, is a member of the American rap group Geto Boys. He also has been known to refer to himself as "Dr. Wolfgang Von Bushwickin the Barbarian Mother Funky Stay High Dollar Billstir." Bushwick Bill was born on December 8, 1966, in Kingston, Jamaica, and is a dwarf.

The most well-known happening was Bill's shooting accident, where he lost his right eye. One night in May 1991, while depressed, drunk and suicidal, Bill went to his girlfriend's house and forced her to shoot him. As she refused, Bill threatened to harm their baby. After a struggle the gun went off piercing Bill's eye and was stuck inside his head. Bill survived the accident, but lost his eye.www.spinner.com/2007/05/18/twisted-tales-bushwick-bill-asks-for-and-receives-a-bullet-in-t/ The whole story is told in detail in the song "Ever So Clear" and there is also a visualising music video to the songwww.youtube.com/watch?v=KLnbQZnBeCw. The song name is a reference to the grain alcohol Everclear he was drinking at the time of the accident. While in hospital, a picture was taken for The Geto Boys' next album We Can't Be Stopped. On the picture the two other Geto Boys—Willie D and Scarface—push Bill in a gurney down a hospital hall and the blooded swollen eye can clearly be seen. He could also be heard in the Dr. Dre album The Chronic in the concluding part of Stranded on Death Row which was performed by Kurupt of The Dogg Pound, RBX, the Lady of Rage and Snoop Dogg.

According to his MySpace page, Bushwick Bill has disowned his gangsta rap past and is now a born-again Christian. He has completed a Christian rap album entitled Testimony of Redemption.www.streetcred.com/?page=reviews/entry&id=97 However, he appeared with the Geto Boys at a concert in Houston in July 2008, performing their gangsta rap songs.blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2008/07/aftermath_geto_boys_at_warehou.php