Rapper Bizzy Bone, a member of the recently reformed Grammy award winning hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, was the victim of a robbery and brutal beating in Los Angeles last week, the LA Police Department have claimed.
They say that Bone, real name Byron McCane, was on his way from a restaurant back to his hotel room at the city's Universal Hilton on 5 Jan when he was accosted by a gang of individuals who beat and choked their victim, as well as stealing all his jewellery.
One Marlo Jones, reportedly and somewhat ironically a contract employee of anti-gang organisation Unity One, has been charged with the assault, and Unity One have apparently terminated his employment whilst the case proceeds.
He remains in custody, with bail set at $1.1m. Police are looking for further suspects, both male and female, that may have also participated in the crime.
Last month, the original line up of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony reunited after ten years, and are currently working on a new album.