He came out donned in a vikings jersey, and along with him was a backup vocalist also sporting a jersey. A young hype rap artist from Pine City Minnesota, he has yet to drop a full length project but has put out numerous singles out on youtube. Opening up for them was local artist Kid Automatic. They stopped at Skyway Theatre for a performance on the 18th. Along with releasing and updating music, they are also keeping up their stage presence. Originally released in 2006 as a collection of unreleased songs, it is now available on all major streaming platforms. Most recently they have released their project titled ‘The Lost Files’, onto Spotify. So where does this leave The Bone Thugs today? Twenty years ago they were in they hay-day of careers, still riding off of the success of projects ‘Creepin on ah Come up’ and ‘E.1999 Eternal’, they were able to win an American Music Award for Favorite Rap Artists. Cleveland Rap collective, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have done the latter with great success. Maintaining artistic relevance is either done by continuing to create good music, or by having songs so good that people just can’t seem to stop listening to them. Twenty years is an incredibly long time to stay relevant in music, especially in Hiphop, where artist turnover is much higher.
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