A member of the Cleveland gangsta rap group
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and brother to onetime group member
Flesh-N-Bone,
Layzie Bone remained relatively quiet in the wake of the group's mid-'90s breakthrough success. While fellow
Bone Thugs Flesh-N-Bone,
Bizzy Bone, and
Krayzie Bone all recorded solo albums,
Layzie presented
the Mo Thugs Family, a wide and revolving roster of Cleveland-area urban groups featured on the multiple albums. His solo debut,
It's Not a Game, finally appeared in 2005. A year later he released
Thug Brothers, a collaborative effort with
Young Noble from
the Outlawz, along with the solo effort
The New Revolution. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide