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The Bone Thugs-n-Harmony saga began in 1993 when Layzie, Krazyie, Flesh, Wish and Bizzy, broke and hungry, but loaded with talent, confidence and the bravado to try anything to achieve success, boarded a bus to Los Angeles. Their destination was the offices of Ruthless Records, home to the legendary rap group NWA. Bone auditioned over the phone but Eazy didn't get back with them. When Bone heard that Eazy-E was doing a show in their hometown, they scraped their money together and hustled back to Cleveland. They auditioned live for Eazy backstage and he signed them on the spot. Within weeks they were in the studio recording their '94 debut EP, Creepin' On Ah Come Up. They turned the hip-hop nation onto a fresh new style of rap and in the process sold over two million copies of Creepin', fueled by their hit single, "Thuggish Ruggish Bone." Bone thugs-n-harmony followed with the '95 release of the five times platinum LP, E. 1999 Eternal which debuted at #1 on top of the pop charts. The group made history when their hit single, "Tha Crossroads," tied a record the Beatles set in 1964 as the fastest rising single on the charts. Bone thugs-n-harmony recently won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Rap Duo or Group and the 1997 Soul Train Music Award for Best Video, "Tha Crossroads."
Many people thought it was all over for Cleveland rap sensations Bone Thugs~n~Harmony! Let's Face it.....the past few years have not been all that great for them internally. Bizzy Bone has been missing promotional events on a regular basis for the past 5 years or more. They've been feuding with Ruthless Records for much of their career due to a "BAD" contract. Adding fuel to the fire, Flesh~n~Bone was sentenced in 2000 to 11 years in a California Penitentiary. Things were quickly falling apart. Now, after renegotiating their contract with Ruthless, as well as patching up the internal conflicts, they are now attempting to reclaim their position in the game with their latest effort, "Thug World Order"! |
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