Layzie Bone (born September 23, 1974 as Steven Howse) 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. 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.
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 they became
known as Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.[4]
[edit] 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.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
Thug by Nature (2001)
It's Not a Game (2005)
Thug Brothers (2006) (with Young Noble)
The New Revolution (2006)
Cleveland (2006)
Startin' from Scratch: How a Thug Was Born (2007)
Thugz Nation (2008)
Finally (2008) (with A.K. of Do or Die)
Thug Twinz (2009) (with Big Sloan)
We Workin' (2009) (with G'sta)
Thug Luv (2011)[5]
The Definition (2011)[6]
The Meaning (2011) [7]
[edit] 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
"
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