“That is a mission accomplished that we weren't even trying to accomplish.” “We went from having a rough life on this very same street that's now about to be named after us,” he said. 1999 Eternal.” Krayzie said he would never have guessed that the street he grew up on would one day be named Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Way. The location inspired the group’s chart-topping 1995 album, “E. 99th Street in Cleveland will be renamed for Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. “It's still very, very young, and I feel like it hasn't fully matured yet,” he said.įriday marks the 50 th anniversary of what’s been recognized as the birth of hip-hop, when DJ Kool Herc first brought two turntables and a microphone to a house party in New York City.Īlso on Friday, E. “I don't think we've even had a rapper yet that has passed away from old age,” said Krayzie Bone, the co-founder of rap legends Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, reflecting on 50 years of hip-hop – a genre born just weeks after he entered the world in Cleveland as Anthony Henderson.
