Birth Name: Bryon McCane
Aliases: B.B. Gambini, Rest In
Peace, R.I.P., Lil' RIPsta, Bizzy The
Kid, Gambino
Birth Date: September 12, 1976
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio
Measurements: 5'11"
Record Label: 7th Sign
Albums: Heaven'z Movie (1998),
The Gift (2001), Alpha & Omega (2004),
The Beginning and The End (2004)
Fav. Movie: Goodfellas
Fav. Food: Steak & Potatoes
Parents: Byron Carlos (Step
father pasted away in 1997), Roseana (Mohter),
and Rober Floyd (Biological father)
Siblings: Heather, Hope, Capo,
and Cassy
Children: Eight children from a
few different women. He names all of
them on the track "Hip Hop Baby" off the
album "Bone Brothers".
Short Biography: Bizzy Bone the
most unique member of Bone
thugs-n-harmony has had his shot at a
solo career. Bizzy made his solo debut
in 1998 with "Heaven'z Movie". Then he
followed up that album in 2001 and
released of "The Gift". Both albums
would go on and do pretty well giving
Bizzy a solid solo career.
Three years later and Bizzy is back
again with his third solo album "Alpha &
Omega". The album shows Bizzy's
diversity and brings a new style never
heard from Bizzy.
Best known as a
member of the Cleveland crew Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony, rapper Bizzy Bone began
a prolific, risk-taking, and sometimes
baffling solo career in 1998. Combining
rapid raps and laid-back singing, his
soul-searching debut,
Heaven'z Movie,
didn't sound entirely unlike a
Bone Thugs
album, but it was obvious that on his
own, Bizzy felt free to explore his
psyche and to go eccentric places his
group just would not.
The Gift from
2001 further divided Bone fans, with
some seeing his confessional writing as
riveting while others found it overly
indulgent. A year later at a Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony performance in New York
City, Bizzy was noticeably drunk and
walked off-stage halfway through the
show. He was let go from the group that
night, but Bizzy claimed he had been a
solo artist for years and only a guest
in the group. He also began giving more
interviews around this time, frequently
speaking about his new crew, the 7th
Sign. He also made an appearance on the
Fox television series America's Most
Wanted, revealing he had been kidnapped
at the age of four and had wrongly
believed his mother was dead until he
was rescued, thanks to someone who had
recognized his picture from a photo
shown at the end of the 1983 television
movie Adam.
If it seemed the black sheep of Bone was
becoming more personal and approachable,
2004's fascinating and cryptic Alpha and
Omega was a puzzling move, but fans
responded positively to the album,
influencing Bizzy to produce his own
underground limited-edition album, The
Beginning and the End. In 2005 he made
news with a drunken appearance on
Houston's KPFT radio, where he claimed
to be homeless. He made no excuses for
his appearance in the many interviews
that would follow, and while he admitted
he wasn't actually homeless, he did
admit to having a drinking problem and
that he was working on controlling it.
With Bizzy showing no signs of slowing
down, the perfectly titled Speaking in
Tongues appeared that year along with
two mail order-only releases -- For the
Fans, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 -- and a reunion
album with Bone member
Layzie Bone
titled
Bone Brothers.
Bizzy's refusal to tour in support of
Bone Brothers
found him out of favor with the group
once again, and the full Bone reunion
that had been talked about fell apart.
Bizzy moved ahead and made 2006 even
busier with the albums
Thugs Revenge,
The Story, and
The Midwest Cowboy
all landing that year. David Jeffries,
All Music Guide
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