Bizzy Bone

Bizzy Bone of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony performs on stage in concert at Metro on March 30, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois.

(Daniel Boczarski)

CLEVELAND, Ohio - In a recent interview with Blurred Culture, Bizzy Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony drops a piece of information that music fans may not know or have probably forgotten about.

In the interview, Bizzy Bone recalls, among other things, being kidnapped as a child and being rescued thanks to "America's Most Wanted."

Bizzy Bone, real name Bryon McCane III, was born in Columbus and had a rough upbringing. His mother's ex husband abducted Bizzy and his sisters at the age of 5. Bizzy Bone says he was abused and molested for two years.

"America's Most Wanted" first aired a photo of Bizzy as a missing child in 1983 at the end of "Adam," a TV movie about the abduction and murder of host John Walsh's son.

Bizzy Bone has said in interviews that it was Walsh's persistence that helped rescue him shortly after the TV movie aired. Bizzy Bone appeared on "America's Most Wanted" in 2002 to give an update on his life and thank Walsh:

After he was rescued, Bizzy Bone went to live with his mother for a short period before jumping in and out of foster homes. He later moved to Cleveland where he sold drugs. Bizzy Bone met Layzie Bone, another founding member of Bone Thugs, in a dope house.

The duo, along with the other founding members of Bone Thugs, would eventually form a music group called "The Band-Aid Boys." Soon after, the group was discovered by rap mogul Eazy-E and changed its name to Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. The rest is a piece of hip-hop history.