Krayzie Bone Explains Why Hip-Hop Groups Often Break Up

Krayzie Bone says that “egos” and “selfishness” are the biggest cause of hip-hop groups breaking up. The veteran Bone Thugs-N-Harmony rapper discussed the difficulty with long-term collaboration during a recent appearance on Power 106 Los Angeles.

“Man, I’m gonna keep it 100. To me, it’s selfishness,” Krayzie said when asked for his thoughts on the lack of rap groups in 2023. “You can’t have a group like you had back in the day because nobody wants to be that dude in the group."

“Everybody wants to be that dude in the group, everybody wanna be that front dude," he continued. "And if you do get a group, they only gonna last for the first project. The egos is gonna kick in…they gonna split. It always happens, bro. Always.”

Krayzie has his own experience with the difficulties of maintaining a rap group. He and Wish Bone both left Bone Thugs-N-Harmony in 2011 amid animosity within the crew. They then released their own material before eventually reuniting with the group. They've since toured together several times.

The group eventually got together for an appearance on Verzuz against Three 6 Mafia. The night resulted in plenty of drama with Bizzy Bone accusing their opponent of making fun of him on stage. A fight nearly broke out over the incident. “I didn’t hear none of the conversation they were even saying … I thought Bizzy was just about to grab the mic and talk some shit like everybody else was doing," Krayzie told HipHopDX afterward. “So I’m back there and I see all the security guards rushing the stage, while I’m walking toward the back of the stage. Our security is running from backstage to the stage. I turn around, and everybody is on the stage. I’m like, ‘What the fuck is going on?’ And I’m standing there, pissed.”

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