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He's also the little brother of Flesh, and cousin to Wish.

Layzie Bone, AKA #1 Assassin (real name Steven Howse): Arguably the de facto leader (but don't tell that to Krayzie Bone fans) on account of him being the glue that's keeping the group together.

Has a VERY uneasy relationship with Bizzy. And without question the most popular member - much to the chagrin of other members' fans, especially Bizzy's. Won a Grammy for his collaboration with Chamillionaire in the ringtone jam "Ridin".

Krayzie Bone, AKA Leatha Face The Sawed Off Gangsta, Sawed-Off Slim (real name Anthony Henderson): The soft-spoken smooth-talker and arguably the most skilled and consistent member.

The group also made an appearance during Jamie Kennedy's infamous New Year's Eve 2013 special aired by an independent station near Los Angeles. Despite their difficulties, the group have grown something of a cult following in their later years. In May 2012, however, all five were headlining the " Rock the Bells Tour". There was talk of a new album with the remaining three, but in an August 2011 interview Flesh N Bone claimed the group was finished. The final nail in the coffin was when the group asked Krayzie to leave (or Krayzie himself decided to leave there's disagreement about what happened), which was followed by Wish Bone leaving too. Things finally fell apart after the release of The World's Enemy, an album that neither the group nor the fans liked. Since the Turn of the Millennium the group has teetered on the brink of collapse, with constant infighting and disputes with labels. Their music also shows influence from the Book of Revelation and The Art of War. Even during the Faces of Death era the group had heavy religious overtones and symbolism. The chance was given backstage as they auditioned, which resulted in them signing a contract with Ruthless Records.īone's music covers themes of redemption, inner city struggles, spirituality, occult mysticism, salvation, religious symbolism, and judgment of mankind.

Discovering that Eazy-E was performing back in their hometown of Cleveland, the group took a charter bus back hoping to have another chance, this time in person. In hopes of securing a record deal, the group was given an audition over the phone receiving an unfulfilled promise from Eazy to call them back.

Their career took off after heading to Los Angeles in search of famous producer and N.W.A member Eazy-E. Since its conception in the early 1990s the group has been honored with numerous other awards.įormed in the early '90s, their first album, Faces of Death, was recorded in 1993 under the name B.O.N.E.

In 1997, the group was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance with their song "Tha Crossroads". They are best known for their fusion of high-speed melodic, rhythmic rapping and harmonizing vocals. The hits have come more slowly since, but they’d already left their mark-in modern hip-hop, the line between rapping and singing has all but vanished, and Bone Thugs’ rap/R&B hybrid clearly helped spur that evolution.Bone Thugs-n-Harmony is an American hip hop group from the Glenville section of Cleveland. Bone Thugs’ members went in 10 directions at once, with a dizzying array of solo albums and smaller group projects, before fully reuniting the following decade. After 1997’s sprawling double-disc The Art of War, which included the slow-rolling smash “Look into My Eyes,” intra-band conflict derailed their career for a time. He featured on early single “Foe Tha Love of $,” their second Top 40 hit, but it took a posthumous tribute to Eazy, “Tha Crossroads,” to make Bone Thugs superstars (and Grammy winners). West Coast G-funk, generous with hooks and indebted to ‘70s soul and funk, was a clear influence, so it made sense that Bone Thugs’ major break came courtesy of N.W.A.’s Eazy-E, who signed them to his Ruthless label. They started in Cleveland, where no top-selling hip-hop act had come from before, and their music was different from the outset: The quintet of Bizzy Bone, Flesh-N-Bone, Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, and Wish Bone specialized in intricate high-speed rhymes about street life that carried unusual melodic contours and multi-part harmonies. When they formed in 1991, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony were onto something new-their melody-first approach to hip-hop sounded particularly fresh and pointed to how rap would progress in the coming decades.