Layzie Bone
| Layzie Bone | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Steven Howse |
| Also known as | The #1 Assassin, L-Burna, Lil' Layzie |
| Born |
September 23, 1974 Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Origin | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop, Gangsta rap |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels |
Ruthless Records Mo Thugs Records BTNH Worldwide Koch Records Real Talk Entertainment RBC Records Harmony Howse Entertainment[1] |
| Associated acts | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Eazy-E, Bone Brothers, Mo Thugs, Young Noble, Yukmouth, Snoop Dogg, Twiztid, Tech N9ne, Mr. Capone-E, Busta Rhymes, Swizz Beatz, Too $hort, Twista, Bow Wow, Dizzy Wright |
| Website | Official Myspace |
Steven Howse (born September 23, 1974) is a hip-hop artist known primarily for being a member of the group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. He has also has gone by the names L-Burna and The #1 Assassin.[2] He is the younger brother of fellow group member Flesh-N-Bone & cousin of group member Wish Bone. He is also a member of the rap group Bone Brothers and CEO of the record label Harmony Howse Entertainment.[1]
Music career
The group formed the band B.O.N.E. Enterpri$e (all except for Flesh-N-Bone) and recorded an album entitled Faces Of Death 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.[3]
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 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 (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, Layzie releases Cleveland is The City (Layzie Bone Song) Featuring Aaron "D-Boyy" Dissell. The song was used by Fox News during the 2015 NBA Finals as the Cleveland Cavaliers theme song.[4]
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Chart positions | RIAA certifications | |
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| U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. R&B | |||
| 2001 | Thug by Nature (as L-Burna)
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| 2006 | The New Revolution
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Cleveland
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| 2007 | Startin' from Scratch: How a Thug Was Born
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| 2008 | Thugz Nation
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| 2011 | The Definition
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The Meaning
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| 2016 | Perfect Timing
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Collaboration albums
- 2005: Bone Brothers (With Bizzy Bone as Bone Brothers)
- 2006: Thug Brothers (With Young Noble)
- 2008: Bone Brothers III (With Bizzy Bone as Bone Brothers)
- 2008: Still Creepin on Ah Come Up (With Bizzy Bone as Bone Brothers)
- 2008: Finally (With A.K. of Do or Die)
- 2009: Thug Twinz (With Big Sloan)
Mixtapes
- 2005: It's Not a Game
- 2011: Thug Luv
- 2011: The Law Of Attraction (Hosted DJ Smallz)
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 | Meatloaf Yahola | |
| "A New Life" w/ Thin C | ||
| "Ain't Nothin to Me" w/ Maybach Dice | ||
| "We At It Again" | Ryan Cain O'Donnell | |
| 2014 | "I Hustle" | |
| 2015 | "Cleveland is The City" (Feat. Aaron "D-Boyy" Dissell) | |
References
- 1 2 http://harmonyhowseent.com/
- ↑ Prato, Greg. Allmusic
- ↑ Adams, Deanna R. (2002). Rock 'n' Roll and the Cleveland Connection. Kent State University Press. pp. 534–546. ISBN 0-87338-691-4.
- ↑ http://fox8.com/2015/06/18/seen-on-tv-61815/
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