BoneCrusher (born Wayne Hardnett in Atlanta, Georgia) is a 300lb rapper based out of Atlanta. He debuted in 2003 with his first album AttenCHUN! which featured the single Never Scared. Before his success, Bone Crusher was a part of the Lyrical Giants, a crew that worked with Too Short and Erick Sermon and whose other members were Baby B and Bizar, Both appear on Crusher's debut album.

The large 6'1" MC had a tumultuous start to his career, bouncing with the Lyrical Giants from one label to the next before landing on his feet with Jermaine Dupri and his newly reorganized So So Def label.

When So So Def moved to Virgin, BoneCrusher left the label along with YoungBloodZ but still remains under LaFace Records. BoneCrusher has been featured in songs with Youngbloodz, David Banner, Young Jeezy, Trillville, and T-Pain.

His single, "Never Scared", was included in John Madden's pro football franchise, "Madden NFL 2003", and 2 years later, he appeared as a playable character in Def Jam FFNY.