KRAYZIE BONE

'Anthony Henderson' (born June 17 1973), better known as 'Krayzie Bone' is a Grammy winning artist and member of the rap/hip-hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.

Contents

Biography

Solo career

Record labels

Trivia

Discography

Albums

Singles

Featured singles

Awards

Grammy Award

MTV Video Music Award

American Music Award

References

Biography

Solo career

Krayzie recorded his solo debut, ''Thug Mentality 1999'', in 1998. The album was released as a double disc set, featuring a large selection of guest appearances, including Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, The Marley Brothers, Mariah Carey, Big Pun, Fat Joe, E-40, 8 Ball & MJG, Kurupt, Treach and Snoop Dogg. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA.
In 2001, Krayzie released ''Thug On Da Line''. The album didn't do as well as his previous release, and was criticized for its frequent guest appearances from fellow Thugline members by a few hardcore fans. His album received plenty of positive reveiws from music critics. The album went gold. Amazon.com went as far as labeling it one of the best albums of 2001.^[1]
Its also AMG's album pick. ^[2]

Record labels

Krayzie Bone was a founding member of Mo Thugs Family, a collective of Cleveland based rap and Hip-Hop musical acts. He broke apart from the group in 1998 to form ThugLine Records, or TL. In many videos he can be spotted wearing a chain that says TL.

Trivia

★ Michael Jackson, Run DMC & LL Cool J are some of the people who were an influence on his life when growing up. ^[3]

Discography

Main articles: Krayzie Bone discography

Albums

★ 1999: Thug Mentality 1999 '(Platinum)'

★ 2001: Thug on da Line '(Gold)'

★ 2005:

Singles

★ 1999: "Thug Mentality" '(#47 U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop)'

★ 1999: "Paper"

★ 2001: "Hard Time Hustlin'" (featuring Sade)

★ 2005: "Get'chu Twisted"

Featured singles

★ 1999: "Until We Rich" (Ice Cube featuring Krayzie Bone) '(#50 U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop)'

★ 2000: "I'm Not Sleeping" (Tiffany featuring Krayzie Bone)

★ 2002: "I Don't Give A..." (Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz featuring Mystikal and Krayzie Bone) '(#50 U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop)'

★ 2005; "Freaks" (Play-n-Skillz featuring Krayzie Bone)

★ 2006: "Spit Your Game" (The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Twista, Krayzie Bone and 8Ball & MJG) '(#68 U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop)'

★ 2006: "Ridin" (Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone) '(#1 U.S. Hot 100)'

★ 2006: "Untouchable" (2Pac featuring Krayzie Bone)

★ 2007: "The Bill Collecta" Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone

Awards

Grammy Award

★ 1997: "Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group" (Tha Crossroads)

★ 2007: "Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group" (Ridin')

MTV Video Music Award

★ 2006: "Best Rap Video" (Ridin')

American Music Award

★ 1998: "Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist"

References

1. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005NNLR
2. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8g77gjir36ib
3. http://www.manhunt.com/interviews/html/164.html