After a new millennium that saw one of the best selling rap groups of the 90s in limbo, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have reunited—all five of them.
With a reunion tour and a new album in the works, the Brothers Bone have been low key when it comes to media appearances. However, Flesh recently granted an interview to the Ventura County Star, dropping his thoughts on some serious topics such as jail and gang violence. The Fifth Dawg served nearly eight years in prison after a weapons and probation violation.
“Prison teaches you everything,”Flesh said. “Life outside keeps going, and you have to keep going as well — spiritually, mentally and physically. I had to make a transition into the growing-up phase.”
While locked down, the rapper said he took up a number of vocations to pass the time and learn new skills. “I had to make the decision to do something positive and focus my energies on learning a trade. I took landscaping, dry cleaning, brick masonry, silk screening — about seven or eight trades. And I stayed productive with my music, reading the Bible and the Quran, studying and just staying busy.”
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When the subject turned to gangs, Flesh pulled no punches, calling the violence a “plague” and offered some words of advice to those who opt for the allure of the streets over an education.
“It’s the worst plague or black eye that this world has ever seen,” he said. “When gang violence was launched in California, it was intended to protect the community of the people involved, then turned into something deadly. I completely shun it, man — it’s childish, a false hope. If gangs were more in tune with education, and encouraging members to get bachelor’s degrees instead of picking up guns, they might understand the true meaning of love, loyalty and family.”
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s next effort, “Uni5,” is due out next summer.
