Krayzie Bone is speaking out after spending nine days in the hospital in what he calls a fight for his life.
“Just fought for life Literally for 9 days straight,” Bone wrote. “And I only won the battle this time because I know Jehovah God was with every step of the way fighting for me.
“Never take life for granted enjoy it while you have it! Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers trust me I needed every last one of them.”
Krayzie Bone needed surgeries to assist with internal bleeding. He was hospitalized in late September after he coughed up blood, revealing a bleeding artery.
Following the shocking news of the dire health status of BTNH’s Krayzie Bone, Bone Thugs N Harmony co-member Layzie Bone took to Instagram to request privacy for Krayzie’s immediate and extended family during his hospitalization.
Layzie wrote to his 518K followers, “In this challenging moment, as the immediate and Bone thugs family rallies behind my brother, we humbly ask for a moment of privacy.” He added, “Our family is facing the unexpected hospitalization of Krayzie Bone with strength, and your prayers are a beacon of hope.”
Following the shocking news of the dire health status of BTNH’s Krayzie Bone, Bone Thugs N Harmony co-member Layzie Bone took to Instagram to request privacy for Krayzie’s immediate and extended family during his hospitalization.
Layzie wrote to his 518K followers, “In this challenging moment, as the immediate and Bone thugs family rallies behind my brother, we humbly ask for a moment of privacy.” He added, “Our family is facing the unexpected hospitalization of Krayzie Bone with strength, and your prayers are a beacon of hope.”
Chicago’s Twista is playing with hip-hop heads’ feelings. The rap veteran has hinted at a possible joint project dropping with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s Krayzie Bone.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony dominated the mid-1990s with a unique style of Rap music. Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Wish Bone, Bizzy Bone, and Flesh-N-Bone put Ohio on the global Rap map with a harmonic sound that pulled from the church and the street alike. While 1994’s Creepin’ On Ah Come Up achieved gold-certification just a few months after its release, the quintet burst to the top of the charts just months after their mentor and employer, Eazy-E died (24 years ago this week). That ascent led to Grammy Awards, world tours, and more.
Creepin’…, 1995’s E. 1999 Eternal, and 1997’s The Art Of War all achieved quadruple-platinum status during the 1990s. Even with solo efforts, label woes, and Flesh’s incarceration, the group seemingly could not be stopped. During the crew’s meteoric rise, they started tightening the reigns on what music released where. The crew participated in an incredible collaboration with Biggie on the eventually-diamond-certified Life After Death. However, apart from quick-strikes on The Show and Great White Hype soundtracks, the collective unleashed one of the biggest and most enduring songs on the musical companion to Set It Off.
“Days Of Our Livez” embodies the most polished side of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. While the crew is very prolific in the independent era, 1996 was a slow and strategic period. This song was a major look for the F. Gary Gray film starring Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett-Smith. “Days…” sees Layzie, Krayzie, Wish and Bizzy pass the ball with each of their verses, with the group delivering a melodic hook that dabbles in their current hardships, even if the song was released in the midst of their greatest success.
Layzie opens the track with a quick-fire verse: “Eternally thugs, here I come tellin’ them soldier stories, Been daily collectin’ my lessons, without any questions / Without any questions, stressin’ no restin’, we journey this blessin’ / Shiftin’ the game rearranging thangs, ’cause once the world was bringin’ me down / Mesmerized controlled by the other side, but the devil was in my town.” Wish catches the verse to deliver a few bars of his own: “But he won’t get me in time, f*cking with Bone, and he liking these rhymes / We rhyme better believe it all the time, ni**a, we live / We straight up soldiers, Bet a ni**a done told ya, told ya / We rob before we go broke, ni**a we robbin’ y’all, all of y’all, all y’all.” Krayzie ends the song’s first set of verses, closing out with a statement on brotherhood: “Y’all my dogs, if you call or you fall / You can bet on that, ni**a, whenever that I will be there, lean on me / But let us get rid of the enemies.” After Eazy-E’s passing, the group’s respective heartfelt pain is still heard and felt in “Days Of Our Livez.”
The track reached the Top 10 of the Rap charts, as well as the overall Top 20. Thoughtfully, the Grammy Award-winner DJ U-Neek samples two mid-1980s sings. This includes “Tender Love” by Force MDs, produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. It also pulls from “Making Love In The Rain” by Herb Alpert, Janet Jackson and Lisa Keith, which Jam and Lewis also produced.
Although the soundtrack (also involving En Vogue, Organized Konfusion, Queen Latifah, and Goodie Mob) arrived on Sylvia Rhone’s EastWest Records, Ruthless also got involved. The song landed on the first installment of Bone’s The Collection two years later.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony dominated the mid-1990s with a unique style of Rap music. Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Wish Bone, Bizzy Bone, and Flesh-N-Bone put Ohio on the global Rap map with a harmonic sound that pulled from the church and the street alike. While 1994’s Creepin’ On Ah Come Up achieved gold-certification just a few months after its release, the quintet burst to the top of the charts just months after their mentor and employer, Eazy-E died (24 years ago this week). That ascent led to Grammy Awards, world tours, and more.
Creepin’…, 1995’s E. 1999 Eternal, and 1997’s The Art Of War all achieved quadruple-platinum status during the 1990s. Even with solo efforts, label woes, and Flesh’s incarceration, the group seemingly could not be stopped. During the crew’s meteoric rise, they started tightening the reigns on what music released where. The crew participated in an incredible collaboration with Biggie on the eventually-diamond-certified Life After Death. However, apart from quick-strikes on The Show and Great White Hype soundtracks, the collective unleashed one of the biggest and most enduring songs on the musical companion to Set It Off.
“Days Of Our Livez” embodies the most polished side of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. While the crew is very prolific in the independent era, 1996 was a slow and strategic period. This song was a major look for the F. Gary Gray film starring Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett-Smith. “Days…” sees Layzie, Krayzie, Wish and Bizzy pass the ball with each of their verses, with the group delivering a melodic hook that dabbles in their current hardships, even if the song was released in the midst of their greatest success.
Layzie opens the track with a quick-fire verse: “Eternally thugs, here I come tellin’ them soldier stories, Been daily collectin’ my lessons, without any questions / Without any questions, stressin’ no restin’, we journey this blessin’ / Shiftin’ the game rearranging thangs, ’cause once the world was bringin’ me down / Mesmerized controlled by the other side, but the devil was in my town.” Wish catches the verse to deliver a few bars of his own: “But he won’t get me in time, f*cking with Bone, and he liking these rhymes / We rhyme better believe it all the time, ni**a, we live / We straight up soldiers, Bet a ni**a done told ya, told ya / We rob before we go broke, ni**a we robbin’ y’all, all of y’all, all y’all.” Krayzie ends the song’s first set of verses, closing out with a statement on brotherhood: “Y’all my dogs, if you call or you fall / You can bet on that, ni**a, whenever that I will be there, lean on me / But let us get rid of the enemies.” After Eazy-E’s passing, the group’s respective heartfelt pain is still heard and felt in “Days Of Our Livez.”
The track reached the Top 10 of the Rap charts, as well as the overall Top 20. Thoughtfully, the Grammy Award-winner DJ U-Neek samples two mid-1980s sings. This includes “Tender Love” by Force MDs, produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. It also pulls from “Making Love In The Rain” by Herb Alpert, Janet Jackson and Lisa Keith, which Jam and Lewis also produced.
Although the soundtrack (also involving En Vogue, Organized Konfusion, Queen Latifah, and Goodie Mob) arrived on Sylvia Rhone’s EastWest Records, Ruthless also got involved. The song landed on the first installment of Bone’s The Collection two years later.
When the trailer for Jordan Peele’s upcoming Horror film Us dropped at the tail end of 2018, it nodded to a mid-’90s Rap classic. Many Hip-Hop Heads had the same nostalgic reaction as the dad in the first-look footage when an eerily remixed take of the Luniz classic single “I Got 5 On It” played. The film character starts singing along and then has to downplay the content of the song to his young son. The movie follows a family of four that is seemingly haunted by their doppelgangers. In celebration of the revived attention to their Tone Capone-produced 1995 hit, the Luniz doing a reboot of their biggest hit titled “I Got 5 On Us.” The title nods to the film, as does the subject matter of this second. No longer about kicking in money to smoke, this rendition is about horror and suspense. For this 2019 version, Yukmouth and Numbskull invite Krayzie Bone to kick a dark verse. And while the catchy chorus on the original cut was sung by Time Social Club’s Mike Marshall (aka Mike Meezy), singer-songwriter Damon Elliott is recruited to croon the new hook. The Luniz’ Biggest Hit Is A Backdrop For The Most Anticipated Horror Film Of 2019 This new spin on the track focuses the lyrics on the plot of the film, as well as Horror flicks in general. Krayzie sparks it with a definitive demonstration of the trademark Bone Thugs-N-Harmony double-time flow. Then, “The Regime General” spits a 16-bar verse that references and name-checks a bunch of genre favorites like Night of the Living Dead, Boogeyman, The Walking Dead, People Under The Stairs, and Nightmare On Elm Street. Nonetheless, the most memorable bars are the humorous lines Numb starts with, “I ain’t about to die, bruh, I’ma air it out / Dropping whatever get near us / I hear a ‘shh shh’ or a ‘aah aah’ / I’m letting off like ‘blat yat’ / I ain’t finna be playing, that’s the evil, I don’t do ghosts / If I dream about ‘em, I be waking up, screaming, ‘Nah, that was too close.’” This half of the group initially known as the Luni Tunz is fully willing to admit he isn’t trying to stick around when it starts to get spooky. Do Remember Paperboy’s Ditty That More Than Delivered The Goods (Video)Us hits theaters on Friday, March 22. Last year, the Luniz released No Pressure. The duo’s first album in 16 years involved Mistah F.A.B. #BonusBeats: Fans of the Luniz may wish to read The Ringer‘s “Untold Story” of Mike Marshall by Anna Lucente Sterling. Earlier this year, Yukmouth broke down the history of making “I Got 5 On It” with Vlad TV:
Offset responded to Layzie, bringing finances into the competition. As Cardi B’s husband said that Layzie had inferior wealth, the former Ruthless Records artist insisted that this is about skills, not bills. The artist who also suggested that Migos sampled some of the Bone Thugs style, wanted a battle and issued a formal challenge to Offset, whether rapper-to-rapper or crew-versus-crew.
On Christmas Day, Layzie dropped “Let Me Go Migo.” That offensive, embedded below, garnered nearly half a million listens, as L-Burna vowed to “protect my throne” while declaring that “as long as I’m livin’ I’m second-to-none.” The dispute grew a bit more serious when Bone Thugs band-mate Bizzy Bone apparently brandished weapons on social media while addressing Migos and others in an odd incident.
After a few days, the conflict has heated up once more with definitive lyrics. Layzie Bone launches the second musical attack on Migos with the aptly-titled “Annihilation.” “Who them ni**as who said they want it in a battle? / Man, there ain’t no competition, and I sewed ’em like a cold-cut / You know what? Ni**a, this here a cold cut / You got served by a skinny ni**a biggin’ up / Bag it up, pick it up, boy, I’ll snatch your pride from ya’ / Annihilation is a must if we collide, homie,” spits the MC in the opening seconds. He shouts out Cleveland before giving up a melodic chorus over the Trap beat.
In the third verse, Layzie comes back to his opponents with a full run-down. “You ni**as callin’ me ‘trash,’ man, I’m not surprised / What you’re really trying to do is ostracize / Trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the young and the wise / Tryin’ to do the Biggie Smalls and get ’em hypnotized / But I rise to occasion / Look at the equation / Why is my opponent really good at the evadin’? / Recent situation / I was never hatin’ / You were the ones that made the proclamation / I’m so weak I’m supposed to agree? / Like ‘them ni**as is the best, they as good as can be’ / Nah, ni**as, y’all clowns, you ain’t f*ckin’ with me / And word around town that you’re duckin’ the G / Can anybody tell me what my age got to do with it? / I’m lookin’ good, feelin’ better, lil’ stupid b*tch / Eazy died of AIDS and it damn near ruined sh*t / I ain’t ’bout to stop until I feel like I’m through with it.” The MC then salutes all those trying to improve their craft, young and old.
Offset responded to Layzie, bringing finances into the competition. As Cardi B’s husband said that Layzie had inferior wealth, the former Ruthless Records artist insisted that this is about skills, not bills. The artist who also suggested that Migos sampled some of the Bone Thugs style, wanted a battle and issued a formal challenge to Offset, whether rapper-to-rapper or crew-versus-crew.
On Christmas Day, Layzie dropped “Let Me Go Migo.” That offensive, embedded below, garnered nearly half a million listens, as L-Burna vowed to “protect my throne” while declaring that “as long as I’m livin’ I’m second-to-none.” The dispute grew a bit more serious when Bone Thugs band-mate Bizzy Bone apparently brandished weapons on social media while addressing Migos and others in an odd incident.
After a few days, the conflict has heated up once more with definitive lyrics. Layzie Bone launches the second musical attack on Migos with the aptly-titled “Annihilation.” “Who them ni**as who said they want it in a battle? / Man, there ain’t no competition, and I sewed ’em like a cold-cut / You know what? Ni**a, this here a cold cut / You got served by a skinny ni**a biggin’ up / Bag it up, pick it up, boy, I’ll snatch your pride from ya’ / Annihilation is a must if we collide, homie,” spits the MC in the opening seconds. He shouts out Cleveland before giving up a melodic chorus over the Trap beat.
In the third verse, Layzie comes back to his opponents with a full run-down. “You ni**as callin’ me ‘trash,’ man, I’m not surprised / What you’re really trying to do is ostracize / Trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the young and the wise / Tryin’ to do the Biggie Smalls and get ’em hypnotized / But I rise to occasion / Look at the equation / Why is my opponent really good at the evadin’? / Recent situation / I was never hatin’ / You were the ones that made the proclamation / I’m so weak I’m supposed to agree? / Like ‘them ni**as is the best, they as good as can be’ / Nah, ni**as, y’all clowns, you ain’t f*ckin’ with me / And word around town that you’re duckin’ the G / Can anybody tell me what my age got to do with it? / I’m lookin’ good, feelin’ better, lil’ stupid b*tch / Eazy died of AIDS and it damn near ruined sh*t / I ain’t ’bout to stop until I feel like I’m through with it.” The MC then salutes all those trying to improve their craft, young and old.
Members of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Migos are at odds. At the center of the developing tension are Layzie Bone and Offset. Twice this year, and most recently in an XXL interview, the Migos member declared that his trio is “the greatest group in the world to ever exist.” Previously, he had made similar claims, specifying that it was true of all genres of music. The Atlanta, Georgia rapper’s bold words come in a year when the YRN threesome achieved their second straight #1 album on the charts.
Layzie took umbrage with the claims and used several Instagram posts tagging Migos and its three members to let them know that they are no match for the legacy of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. “Nah homies, y’all ni**as [are] lil’ ni**as compared to [us],” said the Grammy Award-winning veteran MC out of Cleveland, Ohio. He added, “Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, we still all five live — Krayzie, Bizzy, Wish, Flesh and myself Layzie Bone — we the best, you dig?”
Offset responded, belittling L-Burna that he is incapable of putting serious money where his mouth is. The Quality Control/Capitol Records superstar joked that Layzie lacked a million dollars to make the wager.
Layzie has responded to Offset in the comments, calling him out as well as others like him, who put bills above skills. “Naw, ni**a, that’s what’s wrong with y’all ni**as: y’all think money equals respect. It doesn’t. This is a skills challenge: me against you, and my group against yours,” dubbing it the “Best Group Ever Challenge.” He urged, “Get [your] bars up, youngin’. You gone’ need that bread for early retirement, boy.”
As the social media war over “the king of R&B” pushes along, a very real debate and potential Rap Battle surrounding the greatest groups may be taking shape.
Members of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Migos are at odds. At the center of the developing tension are Layzie Bone and Offset. Twice this year, and most recently in an XXL interview, the Migos member declared that his trio is “the greatest group in the world to ever exist.” Previously, he had made similar claims, specifying that it was true of all genres of music. The Atlanta, Georgia rapper’s bold words come in a year when the YRN threesome achieved their second straight #1 album on the charts.
Layzie took umbrage with the claims and used several Instagram posts tagging Migos and its three members to let them know that they are no match for the legacy of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. “Nah homies, y’all ni**as [are] lil’ ni**as compared to [us],” said the Grammy Award-winning veteran MC out of Cleveland, Ohio. He added, “Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, we still all five live — Krayzie, Bizzy, Wish, Flesh and myself Layzie Bone — we the best, you dig?”
Offset responded, belittling L-Burna that he is incapable of putting serious money where his mouth is. The Quality Control/Capitol Records superstar joked that Layzie lacked a million dollars to make the wager.
Layzie has responded to Offset in the comments, calling him out as well as others like him, who put bills above skills. “Naw, ni**a, that’s what’s wrong with y’all ni**as: y’all think money equals respect. It doesn’t. This is a skills challenge: me against you, and my group against yours,” dubbing it the “Best Group Ever Challenge.” He urged, “Get [your] bars up, youngin’. You gone’ need that bread for early retirement, boy.”
As the social media war over “the king of R&B” pushes along, a very real debate and potential Rap Battle surrounding the greatest groups may be taking shape.
In the midst of a trending debate surrounding “the King Of R&B,” another title may be up from grabs. In January of this year, Migos member Offset boasted to radio show, Big Boy’s Neighborhood, “[Migos] is the biggest group ever. Ever. In pop, Hip-Hop all that, because every genre in music right now is structured off us.”
That sentiment has not wavered “We the biggest group in the world to ever exist,” Offset told XXL in a more recent video. “‘Cause we can do [solo material] and we can go as a group.”
Then, in another video, while on the road in Denver, Colorado yesterday (December 17), the Bone Brother announced, “There’s a lot of things going out here. Young ni**as talkin’ bout that they the king of R&B. Young ni**as talkin’ bout they the best group ever. [The] ‘Best Rap Group’ ever or whatever they said. I’m just here to set the record straight. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, we still all five live — Krayzie, Bizzy, Wish, Flesh and myself Layzie Bone — we the best, you dig?”
The Cleveland, Ohio artist got specific about who he was talking to, and the class that he is defending. “[We are] the biggest to ever done it. Also, [I] can think of some other ni**as like OutKast, N.W.A, EPMD, Beastie Boys that done did big things in this game that can also claim it. But we the best. Migos, sit down. We gonna shut your ass down for 2019. Y’all little ni**as talk too much.” Layzie again tagged Migos’ in the post.
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Offset apparently responded, calling out Layzie’s age and suggesting that he does not have a million dollars to make a proper wager. The Atlanta, Georgia-based rapper chided that Layzie could only bet a thousand dollars to see who the better group really was.
As a group, B.T.N.H. has two #1 albums and three releases that are at least platinum. They last dropped New Waves one year ago. Migos also has two #1 albums, both of which reached platinum. Bone’s hit “Crossroads” garnered the group a Grammy Award in 1997, while Migos has two nominations without a win. Each group has a #1 single under their belt. While Krayzie Bone and Flesh-N-Bone also have plaques from solo releases, all three members of Migos have yet to receive certification for their respective individual works. Last year, Vox published an analytics video that traces Migos’ triplet flow back to Bone Thugs, as well as groups such as Public Enemy.
In the midst of a trending debate surrounding “the King Of R&B,” another title may be up from grabs. In January of this year, Migos member Offset boasted to radio show, Big Boy’s Neighborhood, “[Migos] is the biggest group ever. Ever. In pop, Hip-Hop all that, because every genre in music right now is structured off us.”
That sentiment has not wavered “We the biggest group in the world to ever exist,” Offset told XXL in a more recent video. “‘Cause we can do [solo material] and we can go as a group.”
Then, in another video, while on the road in Denver, Colorado yesterday (December 17), the Bone Brother announced, “There’s a lot of things going out here. Young ni**as talkin’ bout that they the king of R&B. Young ni**as talkin’ bout they the best group ever. [The] ‘Best Rap Group’ ever or whatever they said. I’m just here to set the record straight. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, we still all five live — Krayzie, Bizzy, Wish, Flesh and myself Layzie Bone — we the best, you dig?”
The Cleveland, Ohio artist got specific about who he was talking to, and the class that he is defending. “[We are] the biggest to ever done it. Also, [I] can think of some other ni**as like OutKast, N.W.A, EPMD, Beastie Boys that done did big things in this game that can also claim it. But we the best. Migos, sit down. We gonna shut your ass down for 2019. Y’all little ni**as talk too much.” Layzie again tagged Migos’ in the post.
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Offset apparently responded, calling out Layzie’s age and suggesting that he does not have a million dollars to make a proper wager. The Atlanta, Georgia-based rapper chided that Layzie could only bet a thousand dollars to see who the better group really was.
As a group, B.T.N.H. has two #1 albums and three releases that are at least platinum. They last dropped New Waves one year ago. Migos also has two #1 albums, both of which reached platinum. Bone’s hit “Crossroads” garnered the group a Grammy Award in 1997, while Migos has two nominations without a win. Each group has a #1 single under their belt. While Krayzie Bone and Flesh-N-Bone also have plaques from solo releases, all three members of Migos have yet to receive certification for their respective individual works. Last year, Vox published an analytics video that traces Migos’ triplet flow back to Bone Thugs, as well as groups such as Public Enemy.
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