Mo Thugs

Mo Thugs
Origin	Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Genres	Hip hop
Years active	1995–2003
Labels	Harmony Howse Entertainment Relativity Koch
Members	Various Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Romeo Antonio Poetic Hustla’z II Tru The Graveyard Shift Ken Dawg Souljah Boy Tre' Felecia Skant Bone Thug Queen Powder P Potion MT5 DJ Ice Emmortal Thugs Ra Desperidos Jeremy "J-Bone" Howse Black Hole of Watts Seldom Seen Freaky-G Thin-C Big Sloan Skailz DJ Caipo Dirty Red HC The Chemist

Mo Thugs was an American hip hop collective formed and led by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. Together, the Mo Thugs collective released four studio albums from 1995 to 2003. Their logo, a pyramid with a fist above it, is symbolic of their achievements; The pyramid stands for longevity, and the fist stands for victory. Unlike Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Mo Thugs were not on Ruthless Records.

History

Due to their success in 1996 Bone Thugs established their own Mo Thugs Records to introduce many of the Cleveland-based and other artists that they were developing. The group's first album, Family Scriptures was released in November 1996 produced by Romeo Antonio. The album was a success, peaking at No. 2 on both the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (held from the top spot of both charts by Tupac Shakur's The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory), and reaching platinum status for sales over one million copies.

Mo Thugs followed Family Scriptures in 1998 with Chapter II: Family Reunion. The album featured 2 collectives biggest hit's, Felecia feat. Krayzie Bone"All Good", and "Ghetto Cowboy"which peaked at 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 also produced by Romeo Antonio. It reached Platinum status for sales of 1,000,000 copies.

The collective has since released two more albums, Mo Thugs III: The Mothership in 2000, and The Movement in 2003.

In 2010, Layzie Bone restructured the company, branding Harmony Howse Ent. as the new parent company over Mo Thugs, governing the regional satellite branches of the ever-expanding Mo Thugs Family, such as Mo Thugs South, Mo Thugs West, Mo Thugs Detroit, and the rest of the Mo Thugs Affiliates worldwide.

Past and present artists include: Robert Mack, Felecia, Poetic Hustla'z, II Tru, Graveyard Shift, Romeo Antonio, Ken Dawg, Souljah Boy,Tre', Skant, Thug Queen, Powder P, Potion, MT5, DJ Ice, Emmortal Thugs, Desperados, Black Hole of Watts, Dirty Red, Thin-C, Sloan Bone, Rocky Rock, Bino The Great, Mickey Ray Sinatra, Dj Caipo, Flesh-n-Bone (who was on Def Jam until 1999) and others.

Discography

Main article: Mo Thugs discography

• Family Scriptures (1996)
• Chapter II: Family Reunion (1998)
• Mo Thugs III: The Mothership (2000)
• The Movement (2003)
• "Layzie Bone & Mo Thugs -Records- Presents 100% Pure Thug Tour"* (2006)
• Mo Thugs Soldiers (2007)