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Youd be forgiven if the first thing that comes to mind isthat album cover.
In the picture, its already gone.
Underneath his slippered feet, in all-caps block letters: WE CANT BE STOPPED.
In February of this year, Bill was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer.
The story of his life is one of resilience.
But its also on this song where he raps joyfully about realizing his creative dreams.
Now its not Look at the short guy, hetold Pitchfork in 2015.
Its: Its Bushwick Bill!
(Bill would secure a green card but never American citizenship, which would complicate things later.)
It was calledGrip It!
Ultimately, it was that internal war, though, that fixated Bill more than anything happening in Iraq.
Its hard for a camera to capture whats going on, on the inside.
66 on the R&B/Hip-Hop list).
The last decade of Bills life was as trying as any.
Even the outpouring of love and support that followed his cancer diagnosis was complicated.
