Bone Thugs-n-harmony - Flesh-n-bone Vows To Make Marriage Work

The rapper was arrested last January (11) after a dispute with his partner allegedly turned nasty and he was charged with inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, making threats and false imprisonment.

He protested his innocence, but struck a deal with prosecutors last month (Dec11) and pleaded guilty to one count of false imprisonment to avoid jail time.

Flesh-N-Bone - real name Stanley Howse - has now spoken out about his troubled relationship, insisting he is doing everything he can to "prove" himself to his wife and fix their marriage.

He tells Tmz.com, "She and I both know that I never hit her. It was just bad argument. I am very upset that this whole situation turned this messy...

"I have to prove myself to her now and won't have any more heated arguments. I love my wife and (I'm) going to try and put everything in my power to make it right."