Layzie Bone

Layzie Bone
Birth name Steven Howse
Also known as L-Burna , The #1 Assassin
Born September 23, 1974 (1974-09-23) (age 37)
Washington, D.C., United States
Origin Long Beach, CA, U.S.
Genres Hip hop
Occupations Rapper, Singer, Actor
Years active 1992-present
Labels Ruthless, 'Sicness', Mo Thugs, Full Surface, Interscope, 'Hi-Power.', IBTNH Worldwide Psychopathic Records , Real Talk Ent.
Associated acts Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Mo Thugs, Young Noble, Yukmouth, Mr. Capone-E, Bone Brothers, Twista, Snoop Dogg, Swizz Beatz , Bow Wow, Busta Rhymes
Website Official Myspace

Layzie Bone (born Steven Howse on September 23, 1974) is rapper and hip-hop artist known primarily for being a member of the group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. He has also has gone by the names L-Burna and The #1 Assassin.[1] He is the younger brother of fellow group member Flesh-N-Bone. He is also a member of the rap group Bone Brothers and CEO of the record label Mo Thugs Records.[2][3]

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Early life

Career

The group formed the band B.O.N.E. Enterpri$e (all except for Flesh-N-Bone) and recorded an album entitled Faces Of Death in the studio of their then mentor, Kermit Henderson (Krayzie Bone's younger brother) on his indie label Stoney Burke in 1993. After this Layzie and the rest of the Bone Family boarded a Greyhound Bus to Los Angeles where they worked with notable producer and rapper Eazy-E and his Ruthless/Relativity Records label. Diego Blak (born Diego hodge), a marketer and promoter and co-executive producer of Faces Of Death introduced them to Eazy E at a concert he promoted in Cleveland, Ohio where they auditioned for him in his dressing room and then traveled back to Los Angeles, California after the show to seal the deal. At this point Eazy named them Thugs~N~Harmony but they wanted to keep the bone name so they were called Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.[4]

Solo career, Mo Thugs & Bone Brothers

Layzie has also promoted the indie label Mo Thugs Records which he and the rest of Bone originated. He released his first solo album Thug By Nature on March 20, 2001 exactly the same day Bizzy Bone released his second solo album The Gift. He also has collaborative albums with Young Noble from the The Outlawz and A.K. of Do Or Die, solo albums out such as It's Not A Game, The New Revolution, Cleveland, Startin' from Scratch: How A Thug Was Born, and the upcoming solo album to be announced Ruthless. He has had a series of albums with Bizzy Bone; Still Creepin On Ah Come Up and under the name Bone Brothers entitled: Bone Brothers, Bone Brothers 2, Bone Brothers 3. In the fall of 2010, Layzie established a new label, Harmony Howse Entertainment. As of 2011, he and Fredro Starr of the Onyx are planning to release a collaborative EP entitled FireSquad, which is set to be released late 2011.

Discography

Albums

Collaboration albums

Mixtapes

Music videos

Year Title Director(s)
2001 "Make My Day" w/ Baby S
"Listen"
2005 "Hip Hop Baby" w/ Bizzy Bone & Krayzie Bone
2006 "Livin' Like Kings" w/ Konishiki
"What They Say About Me (remix)" w/ Skant bone Ryan Cain O'Donnell
"Rollercoaster" w/ Bizzy Bone
2009 "Wring Me Out" w/ Big Sloan & Thin C Wes Greeson
2010 "If I Can't Do It" Eric Guerrero
2011 "Hear'em Knockin" w/ Krayzie Bone & Flesh-n-Bone Beejan Iranshad
"Every Night" w/ Bow Wow
"A New Life" w/ Thin C
"Ain't Nothin to Me" w/ Maybach Dice
"We At It Again" Ryan Cain O'Donnell

References

  1. ^ Prato, Greg. Allmusic
  2. ^ Bogdanov, Valdimir; Chris Woodstra, Stephan Thomas, John Bush (2003). All Music Guide to Hip-hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-hop. Backbeat Books. ISBN 0879307595. 
  3. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide: 4th edition. Simon & Shuster. ISBN 0743201698. 
  4. ^ Adams, Deanna R. (2002). Rock 'n' Roll and the Cleveland Connection. Kent State University Press. pp. 534–546. ISBN 0873386914. 

External links

Layzie Bone
Albums
Singles
"Man Up", "Listen"
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Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
Studio albums
Compilations
Singles
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Book:Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

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