There are situations in life that make you a stronger person. A loss of a pivotal family member, a tragedy, or even a joyous occasion invigorates a person to want to make a significant change for the better. In the early nineties, you could not deny the infectious harmonizing styles of Krayzie, Layzie, Wish, Flesh, and Bizzy – Cleveland’s own, Bone Thugs ‘n Harmony. With Flesh incarcerated, the rest of the group went on to amass success over the years. But as the saying goes – mo’ money, mo’ problems – and Bizzy Bone has had his share of them. HHDX.com sits down with Bizzy as he explains his feelings about the internal issues within the group, his new album – Speaking in Tounges, the rumors of Bone’s reunion, and why he feels that they won’t be remembered in Hip-Hop’s history books.

HHDX: Bizzy, first things first, man – how are you doing? Is everything going well in your life?

Bizzy Bone: Yeah, man… everything is good. I can’t complain, man, I’m still here.

HHDX: Talk a little bit about the upcoming album. When is it dropping? Who are some of the guest appearances?

Bizzy Bone: The album is going to drop on September 30th, or something like that. It’s a very good album in my opinion. I have some beautiful producers on there, Eddie B., Corey and a few other cats on there. Some new talents, some new vocalists will appear on there as well. My new artist Bam will definitely be on there. We’ll be putting out this joint by the grace of God.

HHDX: You and your Bone Thugs comrades seem to have this on-again, off-again relationship? Other than what’s being reported on the wire – why do you think you’ve been kicked out, and then welcomed back into the fold?

Bizzy Bone: It’s all a mirage. It’s not so much us as it’s everyone else around the crew. The crew knows how important we are together. The demons are going to put the wrong people around us. When we were in LA, there was no one around but us. When we made a little bit of money, then we had people coming out of the woodworks. First, it was about “help me, help me.” Then they started talking about your homie behind their backs. I’ve been surrounded by these demons my entire life. That entourage was the deterrent. The added new members messed everything up. Our goal is not everyone else’s goal. Not everyone can be Bone, yet they’ll try to make some shit up as far as a position to fill. I don’t bring any dead weight. I don’t have people around me. It’s just me. Accept me for me and I’ll do the same for you. When you making millions, you can go back to the hood and put people on, give a few new artists a deal. But you can’t help no one if you’re down to your five dollars and the hanger’s on will still try to get a piece of that. Continued on page 2 »