A Ruthless Life • Eazy-E & Aaliyah

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

It's late 1993. There's been so many life changes such as my baby boy Dominick, he'll be 1 in January. The N.W.A. breakup and my beef with Dre. To answer your question, no we still aren't cool. We probably will never be cool again. Let's put all the blame on Dre because he dissed me first, he started this shit.

That bitch Tracy was serious about putting me in child support. I wish I never fucked that trifling bitch. I'm taking care of Erin 100 percent and I always spend time with her but she still sues me for child support? Well fuck that low life Compton shopping swap meat trick.

A lot of great things are popping off for Ruthless Records. I'm working with new artists. I signed a group called Menajahtwa, Sylk, Dresta, Knoccout, and I just recently signed a group called Bone Thugs N Harmony. Trust me when I say this: Bone Thugs are going to change the game.

My secretary told me that somehow they got the number to my office and kept calling and calling. Then he finally told them that he was going to make sure I call them back because he was tired of them calling. One day I finally reached out to them and they auditioned for me over the phone and it was just crazy man. Pure talent.

They're originally from Cleveland, OH and they came all the way to LA on a bus just to meet me. When I heard their voices over the phone, I just had to see them in person.

I was about to sign a guy named Tupac but I chose to sign Bone Thugs instead.

There's five guys in the group and they go by the names of Bizzy Bone, Wish Bone, Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, and Flesh-n-Bone. Or for short, just call them Bizzy, Wish, Layzie, Krayzie, and Flesh.

Los Angeles, CA 1994

After long days and long nights in the studio for months, I finally released Bone Thugs' debut EP called Creepin' On Ah Come Up on June 21, 1994. The lead singles are called Foe Tha Love of $ and Thuggish Ruggish Bone. I'm featured on Foe Tha Love of $. I asked them to write my verse for me but they said no, they wanted me to write it. It's dope but I didn't put too much effort into it because I dont want to steal my protege's shine. I want to sit back and let them do their thing. We're about to shoot the video for it in the next few days.

Out the blue, Jerry scheduled me to get a physical with his personal doctor. I'm as healthy as a horse and I tested negative for HIV. Like I said earlier, I don't wear condoms when I have sex and I'm not worried about HIV and AIDS because the women I fuck with are clean.

Cleveland, OH 1994

It's October 1994 and Bone Thugs and I are performing live in Cleveland. I've been working my ass off these last couple of months. Matter of fact, I done lost a lot of weight because my appetite decreased. I'm also not getting enough sleep either. I stopped rocking my jheri curls and Compton hat and switched to corn rows. Everyone including Aaliyah loves my new look, but when you see me you wont recognize me. Not because I got my hair braided but because I lost so much weight. I've never been big though. I've always been a little man but I was a stocky little man. Now I'm basically nothing but bones.

Everyone is trying to get me to eat so that I can get my weight back up but how can I eat if my appetite decreased? So what happens when you try to eat if you dont have the appetite for it? You get sick. What happens when you get too sick? You throw up. Then what happens when you keep throwing up? You lose weight.

After we performed Foe Tha Love of $, I showed them so much love on stage. They deserve it. 

"Yo what's up Cleveland? Is Cleveland in the house? Let me hear you say yeah! Say yeahhhh!" I said while the crowd was screaming and cheering. 

"Right about now I want to give the guys something from myself. It's a double platinum album for Creepin On Ah Come Up and they deserve it dont yall think? I said dont yall think so?!" The crowd continued to scream and cheer. 

"They put Cleveland on the map, just like I put Compton on the map. So I want yall to give it up for Bone Thugs N Harmony. This is only the beginning." 

I handed them their double platinum award and gave them all a big handshake. People ask me what I see in Bone Thugs. What do I see? I see them creeping on a come up.