Steven Howse (born September 23, 1974), known professionally as Layzie Bone, is a rapper known primarily for being a member of the group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. He has also gone by the names L-Burna and The #1 Assassin. He is the younger brother of fellow group member Flesh-N-Bone and cousin of group member Wish Bone. Layzie is also a member of the rap group

Bone Brothers Bone Brothers is an American hip hop duo composed of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony members Layzie Bone and Bizzy Bone. The first Bone Brothers album was released in 2005. Bizzy Bone had parted ways from the group in 2003 over personal differences and ...

and

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of the record label Harmony Howse Entertainment.

Music 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 ''Faces of Death'' (later re-released as ''The Original Faces of Death'') is a 1978 American mondo horror film written and directed by John Alan Schwartz, credited under the pseudonyms "Conan Le Cilaire" and "Alan Black" respectively. The fi ...

'' in the studio of their then-mentor, Kermit Henderson, 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

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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 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.

Solo career, Mo Thugs & Bone Brothers

Layzie has also promoted the indie label

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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

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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

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; Still Creepin On Ah Come Up and under the name

entitled:

, Bone Brothers 2,

Bone Brothers 3 ''Bone Brothers III'' (or Bone Brothers 3) is the third album by Layzie Bone and Bizzy Bone. It is the third of the Bone Brothers albums, the first one being released in 2005 entitled Bone Brothers and the second being released in 2007 entitled Bo ...

. In the fall of 2010, Layzie established a new label, Harmony Howse Entertainment. As of 2011, he and

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of the Onyx group are planning to release a collaborative EP entitled ''FireSquad'', which is set to be released late 2011. By the middle of 2013, Layzie has announced on Twitter that he is taking a step aside from performing and appearing with Bone Thugs-n-Harmony to focus on his solo-career. He's the uncle of the independent rapper, Dizzy Wright. Layzie is currently working on his latest album ''Perfect Timing'', scheduled to be released on April 20, 2016, now TBD, Layzie releases Cleveland is The City Featuring Aaron "D-Boyy" Dissell. The song was used by Fox News during the 2015 NBA Finals as the Cleveland Cavaliers theme song. On July 6, 2020, Layzie Bone released his new album titled ''Wanted Dead or Alive'' featuring Krayzie Bone, Flesh-N-Bone,

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, Willy Ray, Cyrano ESQ, Maybach Dice, Paul Zero, Dame Dolla, Stew Deez, Ken Dawg, Ebony Burks.

Discography

Studio albums

*'' Thug by Nature'' (2001) *''

The New Revolution Steven Howse (born September 23, 1974), known professionally as Layzie Bone, is a rapper known primarily for being a member of the group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. He has also gone by the names L-Burna and The #1 Assassin. He is the younger brother ...

'' (2006) *'' Cleveland'' (2006) *''

Thugz Nation Steven Howse (born September 23, 1974), known professionally as Layzie Bone, is a rapper known primarily for being a member of the group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. He has also gone by the names L-Burna and The #1 Assassin. He is the younger brother o ...

'' (2008) *''

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'' (2011) *''

The Meaning Steven Howse (born September 23, 1974), known professionally as Layzie Bone, is a rapper known primarily for being a member of the group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. He has also gone by the names L-Burna and The #1 Assassin. He is the younger brother ...

'' (2011) *''Annihilation'' (2019) *''Lost & Found'' (2019) *''Wanted Dead or Alive'' (2020)

Collaboration albums

*''

'' with Bone Brothers (2005) *'' Thug Brothers'' with Young Noble (2006) *'' Bone Brothers 2'' with Bone Brothers (2007) *'' Bone Brothers III'' with Bone Brothers (2008) *'' Still Creepin on Ah Come Up'' with Bone Brothers (2008) *'' Finally'' with A.K. (2008) *''

Thug Twinz Thug Twinz is a 2009 album by rappers Layzie Bone and Big Sloan, released on Hi-Power Entertainment. A video was released for "Wring Me Out" featuring Thin-C. Track listing #"Soundtrack of My Life" #"Better Get With It" (featuring Flesh-n-Bone & ...

'' with Big Sloan (2009)

References

External links

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