A couple of weeks ago, Krayzie Bone made the bombshell revelation that he and the rest of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony were engaged in a Cold War with the newly minted diamond seller, Nelly, for the better part of two decades without any talks of a resolution.
Although no diss tracks (at least on a surface trajectory) were ever traded, Krayzie recalled a pre-Country Grammar encounter between St. Louis’ biggest rap star and Layzie Bone when Nelly allegedly got his demo dreams crushed after L-Burna dismissed his music to be a product of “Bone cloning.”
The discovery was made on HipHopDX’s original video series, The Breakdown, a weekly in-depth look at various Hip Hop stories from an oft nuanced and rarely discussed perspective. Bone’s longtime touring member, DJ Ice was the one who relayed the story to Krayzie.
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After Krayzie Bone posted a meme of the Nelly bit onto his Instagram page, the word immediately traveled back to Nelly himself where he vehemently denied the encounter ever took place.
“This must be a fake page…if yall believe that’s shit I got some land on Mars I want to sell u…!!” he jokingly captioned the photo before giving his personal recollection on when he first met Bone.
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“LOL by the time I met bonethugs I was 3million [records sold]…!! #FACT IM STILL A FAN THOUGH..!! But in the words of the great Maury Povich “YOU ARE NOT” telling the truth here..”
Via Twitter/xphylez
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In late July of this year, Nelly became just the sixth Hip Hop solo artist to be awarded a diamond certification, thanks to the sales of his 2000 debut album, topping more than ten million records in sales. As a member of the five-man rap group Bone Thugs, Krayzie Bone has sold more than 25 million records over the course of his twenty-plus year career.
