Bone Thugs-n-Harmony is an
American Hip Hop group from the
Glenville section of
Cleveland, Ohio. They are best known for their fast-paced, aggressive rapping style and harmonizing vocals. The group was mainly produced by Los Angeles
producer,
DJ U-Neek. In 1997, the group was awarded the
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance with their song "
Tha Crossroads" from their
E 1999 Eternal album. Since its conception in 1993,
[Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Biography, [1]. Retrieved on May 28, 2009.] the group has been honored with numerous other awards. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony also collaborated with
Eazy-E,
2Pac,
Big Pun, and
The Notorious B.I.G. being the only artists to work with all of them while they were still alive. They are currently signed to their own label, BTNH Worldwide with a distribution link from Warner Bros.
Early years
Faces of Death
[] - Live in Concert]]
Formed in the early 1990s, the group consisted of four members:
Krayzie Bone,
Layzie Bone,
Bizzy Bone and
Wish Bone. Their first album,
Faces Of Death, was recorded in 1991 under the name B.O.N.E. Enterpri$e. After adding current member
Flesh-n-Bone to the group and heading to
Los Angeles in search of famous producer and
N.W.A. member
Eazy-E, their careers took off. In hopes of securing a record deal, the group was given an audition over the phone receiving an unfulfilled promise from Eazy-E to call them back. Discovering that Eazy-E was performing back in their hometown of Cleveland, the group took a charter bus back to their home turf to open Eazy-E's show and they were then signed to Ruthless Records on the spot.