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Flesh-N-Bone Released; Bone Thugs Reunited
 After almost 10 years behind bars Stanley “Flesh N Bone” Howse is now officially a free man.
The 34-year-old rapper, who was originally sentenced to twelve years for threatening a friend with an AK 47,
was released from his California penitentiary early yesterday morning (June 13) to the waiting arms of family and friends
which included Krayzie, Layzie, Bizzy and Wish Bone.
This now marks the first time that all
five of the original members of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have been together in over a decade.
“It
feels amazing, refreshing, exciting [and] I'm so happy for him to finally come home to his family and friends and fans,”
Bone Thug’s longtime manager Steve Lobel told AllHipHop.com. “Flesh is a very great, loving, talented, creative
individual. We have a lot of memories together. Hopefully we can have more.”
Upon his
release Flesh-N-Bone wasted no time getting back to work.
All five Bone members instantly hit
the studio to begin work on their upcoming album, which is expected to be released on Interscope through a joint venture with
Swizz Beatz’ Full Surface imprint.
The album will be the follow up to the 2007’s
gold selling Bone album Strength and Loyalty which only featured three of the original quintet due to Flesh’s
imprisonment and Bizzy Bone being shown the door.
Bizzy Bone also reconciled and recently reunited
with the group, officially making the group a quintet again.
"I know his Bone brothers
are so excited he's home and now they can make history again,” Lobel said. “They all deserve it. They are
amazing and unstoppable together as a team. Thanks to all the fans who wrote to Flesh while he was away and stuck by his side
and supported him. I know his brother Layzie [born Steven Howse] couldn't wait for this time to come.”
Flesh is also expected to start working on his third solo album and will begin looking for a label home in the
coming weeks.
The Cleveland born rapper enjoyed his best success with his 1996 Def Jam release
entitled T.H.U.G.S. which went on to be certified Gold later that year.
 BONE THUGS AND HARMONY ARE A 5 MAN CREW AGAIN! YESSSSSSSSURRR!
After years of inner-turmoil and label woes, Cleveland rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have reunited, with all five original
group members.
According to founding member Krayzie Bone, the group has made amends with estranged member Bizzy
and when incarcerated group member Flesh is released next month, the group is planning a full return to the rap game.
“Flesh will be home July 10th, he’s supposed to be getting out. Bizzy was at one of last shows in Riverside
[California]. We had a good conversation there," Krayzie Bone revealed. We told people what it was. When everything got
right, we was gonna come back together and what we had to do.”
The group’s original line up, which
consisted of Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Wish Bone, Bizzy Bone and Flesh-n-Bone, changed with Flesh, born Stanley Howse, was
sentenced to 11 years in prison, after he threatened another man with a loaded AK-47.
Police also raided his California
residence in July of 1997 and also found numerous explosives, including dynamite sticks.
Flesh, who is Layzie Bone’s
brother, was also wanted for of seven assault charges that dated back to 1993.
The arrest derailed Flesh’s
career, although he can be heard on classic Bone albums like Creepin On Ah Come Up, E 1999 Eternal and The Art of War.
Group member Bizzy Bone was kicked out of the group in 2002, due to his excessive drug and alcohol use and personal issues.
Bizzy Bone, born Bryon Anthony McCane, recently released his independent album A Song For You in April.
The title
track from the album, which features DMX, hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart.
According
to Krayzie Bone, the only thing that may prevent the Grammy Award winning group’s signature singing/rapping from return
to radio airwaves is label politics.
“We all just been hibernating, trying to come up with the concept for
the album,” Krayzie Bone continued. “It’s definitely going down. I aint gonna say its 100 percent just because
of the label situation and the technical stuff, like if the label wants to pay what we deserver. As far as bone as group and
us, we together. It aint just a rumor... We are trying to put it all back together for real.”
The group is
preparing to enter the recording studio with Swizz Beatz, who is also confirmed to produce for the group’s untitled
reunion project.
“We aint started yet, because we are trying to get paperwork together. We done talked to
Swizz, Swizz is on deck and we are ready to roll and make it do what it do baby.”
3 THE HARD WAY! LOYALTY AND RESPECT [DUE]. THEY STILL HERE. "NO SURRENDER, NO RETREAT"
BONE THUGS N HARMONY!!!!!
TRIO DISCOGRAPHY!
1.THUG STORIES-2006
2. LOYALTY AND RESPECT-2007
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ORIGINAL GROUP DISCOGRAPHY
1. BONE ENTERPRISE-1991
2. CREEPIN ON A COME UP-EP-1994
3. E. 1999 ETERNAL-1995
4. THE ART OF WAR [2 DISC]-1996
5.THE COLLECTION VOL.1
6.BNTH RESURRECTION
7. THE COLLECTION VOL. 2
8. THUG WORLD ORDER
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| FORMER MEMBER-BIZZY BONE |
Birth Name: Bryon McCane
Aliases: B.B. Gambini, Rest In Peace, R.I.P., Lil'
RIPsta, Bizzy The Kid, Gambino
Birth Date: September 12, 1976
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Birthplace:
Columbus, Ohio
Measurements: 5'11"
Record Label: 7th Sign
Albums: Heaven'z Movie
(1998), The Gift (2001), Alpha & Omega (2004), The Beginning and The End (2004)
Fav. Movie: Goodfellas
Fav.
Food: Steak & Potatoes
Parents: Byron Carlos (Step father pasted away in 1997), Roseana (Mohter), and
Rober Floyd (Biological father)
Siblings: Heather, Hope, Capo, and Cassy
Children: Eight children
from a few different women. He names all of them on the track "Hip Hop Baby" off the album "Bone Brothers".
Tattoos:
Left/Right Arm | Left Shoulder | NeckShort Biography: Bizzy Bone the most unique member of Bone thugs-n-harmony has had his
shot at a solo career. Bizzy made his solo debut in 1998 with "Heaven'z Movie". Then he followed up that album in 2001 and
released of "The Gift". Both albums would go on and do pretty well giving Bizzy a solid solo career.
Three years later
and Bizzy is back again with his third solo album "Alpha & Omega". The album shows Bizzy's diversity and brings a new
style never heard from Bizzy.
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NEWS!
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Move To Interscope For New CD
Release date for Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's seventh group album, Strength & Loyalty, has been revealed.
According
to the group's official website, Strength & Loyalty will hit shelves on April 17 via Interscope Records. The album's first
single, "I Tried," which features R&B crooner Akon, can be heard at the group's Myspace page.
As SOHH previously
reported, Strength & Loyalty will be executive produced by Swizz Beatz. The album will reportedly feature appearances
from The Game, Chamillionaire, Three 6 Mafia and Mariah Carey. Production on the project will be supplied by Polow Da Don,
Timbaland and the Black Eyed Peas; will.I.am, among others.
The release of Strength & Loyalty will mark the second
time the group has released an album as a trio (sans Bizzy Bone). Last fall, the group released Thug Stories via Koch Records.
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I HAVE LOVE THEM FOR YEARS. SINCE THEY WERE, "CREEPIN ON AH COME UP"
WITH DJ UNEEK AND EAZY "RUTHLESS RECORDS" E! I TOOK THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE CROSSROADS AND SHOWED THE MO THUGS,
MY THUG DEVOTION. THE FAMILY TREE LOOKS A BIT DIFFERENT BUT THE SCRIPTURES ARE STILL THE SAME. BONE THUGS N HARMONY PUT THE
SWIFT FLOW ON THE MAP. BUT THEY ADDED THAT SING-SONGY HARMONY AND PERFECT PITCH TO IT, THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DUPLICATED. MY
LOVE FOR THESE BROTHERS, INSPIRED ME TO WRITE MY FIRST 2 NOVELS, "TIME WILL REVEAL PART 1&2 [SEE BLACK COFFEE PAGE]. WHILE
FLESH N BONE IS STILL SERVING OUT HIS INCARCERATION [FREE FLESH] AND BIZZY BONE LEFT THE CREW, FOR WHATEVER REASONS, KRAYZIE,
LAYZIE AND WISH BONE ARE STILL A TEAM. AND THEY HAVE LANDED A DEAL WITH INTERSCOPE RECORDS. SHOW EM SOME THUG LUV!!!!!!!!!!!!
One Love,
Thug Baby Doll
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS BIO, ETC.
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| KRAYZIE BONE |
Birth Name: Anthony Henderson
Aliases: Leatherface, Mr. Sawed Off, Silent
Killer, Kray
Birth Date: June 17, 1974
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cleveland
Ohio
Measurements: 6'
Record Label: ThugLine
Albums: Thug Mentality (1998), Thug
On Da Line (2001), Underground Legends: Part 1 (2004), Gemini (2005)
Fav. Movie: Colors
Fav. Food:
Cheeseburgers & fries
Children: Destiny, Melanie, Nathan, Malaysia and another child.
Tattoos:
Right Arm | Neck
Short Biography: Krayzie Bone is the most laid back and soft spoken of Bone thugs-n-harmony.
He has also shown he can do well on his own. In 1998 Krayzie released his first solo album "Thug Mentality". Then in 2001
he released his second album "Thug On Da Line". Both albums would go on and do very well.
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| LAYZIE BONE |
Birth Name: Steven Howse
Aliases: L-Burna, #1 Assassin, Lil Lay
Birth
Date: September 23, 1974
Zodiac Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio
Measurements:
5'7''
Record Label: Mo' Thug
Albums: Thug By Nature (2001)
Fav. Movie: Scarface
Fav. Food: Soul Food
Parents: Curtis Howse (Father)
Wife: Felecia
Siblings:
Older brother Stanley Howse (Flesh-N-Bone) and younger bother Stew Bone
Children: Eight children that he loves
all very much.
Cousins: Charles Scruggs (Wish Bone)
Tattoos: Front Body/Right Arm | Left Arm | Back | Neck
Short Biography: Layzie Bone the unofficial head of Bone thugs-n-harmony has had is success going
solo. In March of 2001 he relesed his debut solo album, "Thug By Nature" which become a solid good first album. Layzie has
also presented the Mo Thugs Family, a wide and revolving roster of Cleveland area urban artists.
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| WISH BONE |
Birth Name: Charles Scruggs
Birth Date: Febuary 17, 1975
Aliases:
Stratejacket, Big Wish
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio
Measurements: 6'
Record Label:
ThugLine
Fav. Movie: True Romance
Fav. Food: Steak & Eggs
Siblings: Shon, Monie,
Loonly Lynn
Children: Charles III (Lil' Wish)
Cousins: Steven Howse, Stanley Howse (Layzie Bone & Flesh-N-Bone)
Short
Biography: Wish Bone is the most unkown about member of Bone thugs-n-harmony. He is the only member that has yet to release
a solo album.
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| FLESH N BONE |
Birth Name: Stanley Howse
Aliases: Stack, 5th Dawg
Birth Date:
June 10, 1973
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio
Measurements: 6'3"
173lbs
Record Label: Flesh-N-Bone Incorporated (F.B.I )
Albums: T.H.U.G.S.: Trues Humbly United
Gatherin' Souls (1996), 5th Dog Let Loose (2000)
Siblings: Younger brothers Steve Howse (Layzie Bone) and Stew
Bone
Cousins: Charles Scruggs (Wish Bone)
Tattoos: Front Chest | RightArm
Short Biography: Flesh-N-Bone probably the most troubled member of Bone thugs-n-harmony, Flesh
struggled to release his solo albums amid a series of legal problems. With the success of the Bone albums it gave Flesh with
the opportunity to record his debut solo album, "T.H.U.G.S.: Trues Humbly United Gatherin' Souls", on rap label Def Jam. Unfortunately,
the album didn't live up to some peoples expectations, receiving not so good reviews. In September, weeks before the release
of his second album "5th Dog Let Loose", Flesh was sentenced to 11 years in jail for threatening a friend with an AK-47. He
is still in prison today and he is expected to be released on parole in 2008.
More Info: If you would like you
can send Flesh-n-Bone a letter you can but he may or may not write back to you. He tries to write back to everyone that writes
to him.
You can send your letter to the following address:
Stanley Howse
P97344 P. v. s. p A. i
106
Upper P.O. Box 8501
Coalinga, CA 93210
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