Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to play Midtown Ballroom

Published 12:00 am Thursday, September 5, 2019

Bend, it’s time to get krayzie, layzie and bizzy (not to mention thuggish and ruggish). Melodic hip-hop group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, which rose to prominence in the ’90s with singles such as “Thuggish Ruggish Bone” and “Tha Crossroads,” reunited last year with all five original members (Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, Bizzy Bone, Wish Bone and Flesh-n-Bone — sorry to the last two for lack of a pun name drop earlier), and will stop at the Midtown Ballroom on Wednesday to kick off a U.S. tour. Layzie, who in recent years has embarked on a solo career, was last in Bend in 2016, and various other permutations of the group have visited the city in the past. But this is your chance to see all five members spitting rapid-fire rhymes and slick R&B harmonies together on one stage. In addition to touring once again, the group recently released two singles, the classic-sounding “Survival” and the more modern, dubstep- and trap-inflected “Ultima.”

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, with The Clumzys, J Meast, Hobbyist: 8 p.m. Wednesday, doors open at 7 p.m.; $30 plus fees or $100 plus fees for meet-and-greet package; Midtown Ballroom, 51 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend; midtownbend.com, jmaxproductions.net or 541-408-4329.