MadChild
MadChild
Shane Bunting
Shane Bunting (born October 21, 1975), better known by his stage name Madchild, is a Canadian rapper. He is part of the Vancouver-based hip hop group Swollen Members. In 2009, he released a solo EP entitled The Madchild EP. in 2012 he released his first album Dope Sick and followed up with Lawn Mower Man in 2013. In 1993, he was named a member of the legendary ‘Rock Steady Crew’.
In Kelowna in 2006, Madchild started popping Percocets during a show which eventually led to him taking Oxycontin (an opioid painkiller) which tore his life into pieces. He then became dope sick which is the experience of negative symptoms due to withdraw from medication, typically opiates.
He lost more than $3 million and nearly died because of his addiction.