From the streets of Cleveland to TV sets across the nation, it's been a long journey for Bone thugs-n-harmony. Their rise commenced in '93 when they scraped up every penny they had for one-way bus tickets to Los Angeles. It wasn't until they hooked up with their departed mentor, Eazy-E, that things began rollin'. As the famed story goes, Eazy-E returned a call to Bone in L.A. where they auditioned for him over the phone. He was impressed but the deal wasn't done until a short time later when the former NWA leader was doing a show in Cleveland. Bone immediately headed back home and gave a back stage audition in person. Eazy had tickets ready for them the next morning to return to L.A. to begin recording their debut EP
That EP, Creepin' On Ah Come Up, exploded onto the rap scene with the singles "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" and "Foe Tha Love Of $" and went on to quadruple-platinum success, but '94's E. 1999 Eternal, entered all charts at #1 and hasn't slowed down, selling five million plus copies.
Eternal's most celebrated cut--the stunning, spiritually-charged single, "Tha Crossroads"--won a grammy, went double-platinum and made history when it tied with the Beatles' 32-year-old record ('64's "Can't Buy Me Love") for the fastest rising single on the pop charts.
Above all, in the struggle to break out of an environment that holds little future, save for hustling and gang-banging, one's word is bond. All too often, we hear hollow oaths from those who've "made it" talk about returning to share the wealth, but in reality, nothing of the sort ever materializes. A promise made makes for a better man, woman and child.
Thus said, it's refreshing to see a group, no, a family of rappers who made a bold promise to return to its roots to help others achieve the success they experienced - and actually kept their word. Enter Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and the launch of their own record label. Within just over two years since Bone rose from the mad-tough section of St. Claire and East 99th streets to the top of the hip-hop nation, they returned home to open the doors of their own Cleveland-based Mo Thugs Records, in conjunction with Relativity Records and Ruthless Records. Undeniably the biggest selling rap group of the past two years, Bone are showcasing their extended family of Cleveland-based artists through the release of the LP, Mo Thugs Family Scriptures.
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