Several reports have conformed that Krayzie Bone of the legendary, Cleveland-based quartet Bone Thugs N Harmony has been in a Los Angeles hospital fighting for his life ever since he checked himself in on September 22. It was reported that Krayzie, whose real name is Anthony Henderson initially came to the hospital after coughing up blood.
According to reports, Henderson suffers from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease, It was stated that Bpne had a CAT scan where doctors discovered his artery was leaking in his lungs. Bone is currently sedated and on a breathing respirator.
TheSource.com will update the story on Krayzie’s health as more details become available.
As the sun rose on June 17, 1973, in Cleveland, Ohio, another star was born—Anthony Henderson, known as Krayzie Bone. In the epicenter of a city pulsing with a diverse cultural blend, Krayzie found his feet and voice in the evocative corridors of blues, gospel, and burgeoning hip-hop. His childhood was steeped in a cacophony of sounds and struggles, all funneled through the lens of an artist in the making.
With each heartbeat of the city, the future rapper, entrepreneur, and luminary found a rhythm, adopting the moniker Krayzie Bone and channeling his persona into the rap collective known as Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Thus began an odyssey that defied the norms of his locale and era. It’s worth noting that by 2023, Krayzie Bone’s amalgamation of endeavors had culminated in an estimated net worth of $6 million, as reported by Allfamousbirthday.
The Artistic Magnum Opus: High Notes Of A Career
MAMMOTH LAKES, CA – FEBRUARY 10: Krayzie Bone poses for portrait giveback for The Artists Project at The Inaugural Mammoth Film Festival on February 10, 2018 in Mammoth Lakes, California. (Photo by Michael Bezjian/Getty Images for Mammoth Film Festival)
The layered tapestry of Krayzie Bone’s artistic endeavors is nothing short of kaleidoscopic. As part of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Krayzie hit pay dirt with the 1995 album E. 1999 Eternal. The ensemble went from neighborhood celebrities to national icons, propelled by tracks that broke sonic barriers and defied genre classifications. But let’s not overlook his solo works—the 1999 album Thug Mentality 1999 is a cathedral of sound, a dual-disc anthology offering a panoramic view of Krayzie’s multi-faceted persona. And then came his collaborative work with the likes of Chamillionaire, Ice Cube, and Mariah Carey, each joint endeavor serving as a milestone in an ever-evolving career.
The Entrepreneurial Sonata: More Than Verses & Hooks
CHICAGO – APRIL 1995: Rappers Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, Bizzy Bone, Wish Bone and Flesh-N-Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony poses for photos with an unidentified rapper (2nd left) backstage at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois in April 1995. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)
While the spotlight often focuses on Krayzie Bone’s music, the man is more than his discography; he’s an entrepreneur par excellence. For those intrigued by intoxicating aromas, Krayzie has a line of vaping products that bear his iconic branding. And let’s not disregard his media endeavors; the man co-hosts a podcast called Chasing The Devil, an auditory feast where conversations are as vivid as his lyrics. It’s a conglomerate of investments, media engagements, and business ventures that bring multiple revenue streams into the Krayzie empire.
The Man Behind The Mic: Private Life
OAKLAND, CA – DECEMBER 12: Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony performs during the “Snoop Dogg’s Puff Puff Pass Tour” at Fox Theater on December 12, 2016 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)
Though shrouded in the sort of enigma one would expect from a rap legend, Krayzie Bone’s personal life is a patchwork of the very experiences that color his lyrics. Fatherhood, marriage, and a foray into the spiritual space have all contributed to the intricate jigsaw that is Krayzie Bone. Though he keeps these cards close to his vest, the glimpses he offers through his music and interviews construct a persona layered in complexity and cloaked in authenticity.
The Symphony’s End: Where We Stand
To characterize Krayzie Bone merely as a rapper or a part of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony would be to grossly undervalue a man who is an orchestra of talent, ambition, and enterprise. His net worth of $6 million offers a financial reflection of this. Yet, the dollars and cents are but a byproduct of a journey marked by grit, ingenuity, and a ceaseless desire to evolve. The legacy he’s building transcends any numerical evaluation, evolving into something richer and more enduring with each passing verse and venture.
Krayzie Bone was overjoyed when he and the rest of the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony were bestowed their very own street sign. But the best part is that it was in their hometown of Cleveland — however, the milestone was tainted with reports that the sign was stolen. The “Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Way” street post was located near the intersection of East 99th Street and St. Clair Avenue. The incident allegedly happened 48 hours after it was put up. But Krayzie Bone isn’t too upset and notes it’s just the way of his city.
“That’s Cleveland,” he told AllHipHop. “They put up three signs up—one at both ends of the street and one in the middle of the street. I guess someone stole the one in the middle, thinking it wouldn’t be noticed, but left the other two. It’s all good though, no worries. All love.”
Meanwhile, Bizzy Bone had to put an end to rumors that he and his groupmates were beefing. In response to the rumors, he shared a clip of Krayzie Bone shared “Kray Kray” music video, dispelling rumors of tension with his group mates. Bizzy originally called the group out on the song “Bizzy Get’s Busy,” complaining about them excluding him from their recent tours. He later walked back the comments, claiming they were just for publicity for his album, I’m Busy.
“Kamikaze on these B.M.N’z!!!! Normalize supporting the ones you came up with,” Bizzy wrote in the post’s caption. “Nowadays no made up drama nor immaturity can change camaraderie, love and friendship. Literally there are no problems with us. You get us in the room together it uh be like the telly tubbies in onesies.” He continued: “We share joy and pain together. Mama Linda , Mama Rose , Mama P and Granny Sis. Imma keep throwing water bottles and addressing all issues pertinent and necessary to secure our reputations. I coulda G money and dun dunna m*nned it but it was bigger than New Jack City. Religious purposes. Feel me? Tour life. Road Warriors. Btnh gang. Best friends. Drinking buddies. BONE THUGS~N~HARMONY 2024!!!!!”
Krayzie Bone is looking to get Bone Thugs-N-Harmony back together in more ways than one. He’s hoping for a reunion of the hip-hop group so that they can make new music. According to former bandmate Layzie Bone, new tracks would be laid down only if Dr. Dre produced those songs. But as far as a reunion concert of sorts, Krayzie seems to be working on that front himself. A Bone Thugs fan asked on Wednesday, July 5th, when the Tiny Desk Concert was happening for the group, to which Krayzie replied, “I’m working on that.”
Tiny Desk Concerts is a show on NPR. It’s a series of videos that showcase live concerts from different music genres. The show is hosted by NPR Music and located at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen in Washington, D.C. Tiny Desk offers musicians the chance to come together (or, in Bone Thugs’ case, get back together) to bust out a jam session in a confined space. It’s a fun concept that NPR has been using for awhile. And now Krayzie Bone wants his old squad to turn up to the office/studio for a reunion performance.
Again, all five of the rappers that make up Bone Thugs-N-Harmony — Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Bizzy Bone, Wish Bone, and Flesh-n-Bone — would come running to the studio if Dre called. But that doesn’t guarantee a reunion any time soon. If they were to book Tiny Desk, it would signal a coming back to form for the group. As Dre told Layzie, all of them individually asking him for a beat is never going to happen. The magic is there only when all five Bone Thugs are present and accounted for.
For fans of the 90s and early 2000s, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony was a staple of the rap game. For Krayzie Bone, it was the best time of his life, something he’s looking to get back with a convergence of all the Bones. Time will tell if they nab a spot on Tiny Desk or if they collaborate once again for new tracks.
Chicago rapper Saba continues the rollout for his introspective new album Few Good Things with the video for the previously released single “Come My Way” featuring Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. The video is fairly straightforward, mostly featuring Saba rapping into the camera outdoors broken up by interior scenes of Saba rapping alongside the members of his Chicago-based crew, Pivot Gang. No stranger to the group dynamic, Krayzie Bone joins them like an unofficial sixth member as he raps his contribution to the reflective song.
The video for “Come My Way” follows the release of Saba’s short film, also titled Few Good Things, which echoed the theme expressed across the album and songs like “Come My Way”: Acknowledging the good things that make life worth living, even when horrible things are happening to make it seem like it’s not. That message has special resonance in light of the past year for Pivot Gang, who suffered the second death of a member when Squeak, the group’s DJ and producer, was shot to death in Chicago in August. The group previously lost member John Walt, Saba and Joseph Chilliams’ cousin, to a stabbing in 2017 and has commemorated him with their annual John Walt Day concert ever since.
Saba releases the official video for “Come My Way,” which features one of his inspirations, Cleveland rapper and Bone Thugs n Harmony member Krayzie Bone, fresh off the release of his critically acclaimed third studio album Few Good Things and its accompanying short film.
“When I think back on first discovering Bone Thugs-N-Harmony as a child, it immediately stood out to me as unique,” Saba said of Bone Thugs n Harmony. “I started paying attention and really learning how to rap from listening to them and trying to recite it. It felt honest and completely true to themselves — authentic in a way that doesn’t come around very often and in a way that will be impossible to recreate. Their mix of melody and rhythms that I had never heard is what connected with me in a way that other music just didn’t. It inspired me to be more creative.”
Growing up in Chicago, Saba had, as many Midwestern kids did, a fascination with the melodic double-time flow of the five-piece Cleveland rap band Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Their relative proximity and mid-90s radio dominance would have contributed to that, but also, Saba just seems like exactly the kind of rapper to have rooted out every single example of the genre to absorb and learn from — you can occasionally hear the influence in his flows on projects like Care For Me and Pivot Gang’s You Can’t Sit With Us.
Now, with the release of his third album, Few Good Things, just over the horizon (it drops on February 4 on Saba’s own Pivot Gang imprint), the Windy City MC gets to link up with one of his musical heroes on his latest single from the album. “Come My Way,” produced (as usual) by Daoud and daedaePIVOT, features none other than Bone Thugs member Krayzie Bone, who once won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance with another disciple, Chamillionaire, and recently participated in his band’s Verzuz with Three Six Mafia.
In the press release for the single, Saba said, “When I think back on first discovering Bone Thugs-N-Harmony as a child, it immediately stood out to me as unique. I started paying attention and really learning how to rap from listening to them and trying to recite it. It felt honest and completely true to themselves — authentic in a way that doesn’t come around very often and in a way that will be impossible to recreate. Their mix of melody and rhythms that I had never heard is what connected with me in a way that other music just didn’t. It inspired me to be more creative.”
Meanwhile, the inspiration for the song itself is “nostalgia and growing up, and I think ‘hopeful’ and ‘soulful’ are accurate descriptions of the song… I’m describing many things that are normal on the westside of Chicago so that it plays like just any other day — pretty stagnant but having so much life. ‘We ain’t got no time to relax’ is a harsh reality for so many people experiencing this type of poverty where the focus is on work and survival.”
Listen to Saba’s new single “Come My Way” featuring Krayzie Bone above and check out the dates for his Back Home Tour here.
Few Good Things is due 2/4 via Pivot Gang, LLC. Pre-save here.
