Layzie Bone

Steven Howse (born September 23, 1974), known professionally as Layzie Bone, is an American rapper known primarily for being a member of the group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. He has also gone by the names L-Burna, Lil Lay, and The #1 Assassin. He is the younger brother of fellow group member Flesh-N-Bone and cousin of group member Wish Bone. Layzie is also a member of the rap group Bone Brothers and CEO of the record label Harmony Howse Entertainment.

Solo career, Mo Thugs & Bone Brothers Layzie has also promoted the indie label Mo Thugs Records which he and the rest of Bone originated. He released his first solo album Thug By Nature on March 20, 2001, exactly the same day Bizzy Bone released his second solo album, The Gift. He also has collaborative albums with Young Noble from The Outlawz and A.K. of Do or Die, solo albums out such as It's Not A Game, The New Revolution, Cleveland, Startin' from Scratch: How A Thug Was Born, and Thugz Nation. He has had a series of albums with Bizzy Bone; Still Creepin On Ah Come Up and under the name Bone Brothers entitled: Bone Brothers, Bone Brothers 2, Bone Brothers 3.

New Label and CEO

In the fall of 2010, Layzie established a new label, Harmony Howse Entertainment. In 2011, he and Fredro Starr of the Onyx group were planning on releasing a collaborative EP entitled FireSquad. Layzie would go on to release two separate albums The Definition and The Meaning on February 22, 2011 under his new label Harmony Howse Entertainment. In 2015 Layzie released the single Cleveland is The City Featuring Aaron "D-Boyy" Dissell. The song was used by Fox News during the 2015 NBA Finals as the Cleveland Cavaliers theme song. Layzie was also working on an album called Perfect Timing, which was originally scheduled to be released in 2016, but is now TBD. Layzie is the uncle of the independent rapper, Dizzy Wright.

Feud with Migos

During a brief feud with Migos, Layzie Bone would release the album Annihilation on April 19, 2019, featuring the song If was a 5th featuring Bizzy Bone, and the diss song Let me go Migo (Remix).

Discography

Studio albums Thug by Nature (2001) It's Not a Game (2005) The New Revolution (2006) Cleveland (2006) Startin' from Scratch: How a Thug Was Born (2007) Thugz Nation (2008) The Definition (2011) The Meaning (2011) Annihilation (2019) Lost & Found (2019) Wanted Dead or Alive (2020) Hypnotic Rhythms (2023) D.A.S.H. (2026)

Collaboration albums Bone Brothers with Bone Brothers (2005) Thug Brothers with Young Noble (2006) Bone Brothers 2 with Bone Brothers (2007) Bone Brothers III with Bone Brothers (2008) Still Creepin on Ah Come Up with Bone Brothers (2008) Finally with A.K. (2008) Thug Twinz with Big Sloan (2009) Eyez On The Prize with HC The Chemist (2021)