Jim Jones

來自紐約哈林的嘻哈歌手Jim Jones原名Joseph Guillermo Jones II，出生于1976年7月15日，是波多黎各與阿魯巴后裔，是嘻哈組合The Diplomats也就是Dipset的創(chuàng)始成員之一。同時也是Diplomat唱片公司的CEO之一。他還以CAPO這個名字，為Cam’Ron, Remy Ma和State Property導(dǎo)演過MV。因為他年幼時酷愛輪滑，現(xiàn)在他還擁有一支名為Dip Skate的極限輪滑團(tuán)隊。 最早Jim Jones是作為Cam’Ron的伴唱出道的，很快Cam’Ron, Jim Jones與Freekey Zeeky一同于90年代中后期成立了組合The Diplomats，并于1999年招入了才華橫溢的Juelz Santana。2004年他發(fā)行了個人處子專輯《On My Way to Church》，2005年第二張專輯《Harlem: Diary of a Summer》發(fā)行。一年之后他的第三張專輯《Hustler’s P.O.M.E.》中的一首“We Fly High”成為了他職業(yè)生涯中最火的一首歌。 隨后，Jim Jones在業(yè)界前輩、Def Jam創(chuàng)始人之一Rick Rubin以及前Roc-A-Fella高管的提攜下，簽入了索尼唱片公司，在此時他和人間蒸發(fā)的Cam’Ron似乎也有了矛盾，Dipset慢慢地不再有動靜。2006年，Jim Jones帶領(lǐng)著他自己的團(tuán)體ByrdGang繼續(xù)前進(jìn)，2007年年底他宣布要發(fā)行一張叫《Harlem’s American Gangster》的混音輯，這可能是他正式向Jay-Z宣戰(zhàn)。2009年3月24日，他簽約主流唱片公司后的第一張專輯《Pray IV Reign》發(fā)行并排到了專輯銷量榜的第9位。目前他被E1音樂公司，也就是曾經(jīng)的Koch唱片公司任命為藝人資源部副主席。
by Andy Kellman
Along with fellow Harlem-based player Cam'ron, Jim Jones founded the Diplomat label, home to the Diplomats/Dipset and many of that crew's prolific solo activities. Though more of a businessman and behind-the-scenes figure than an MC (he was also named a director of A&R at Warner Music Group in early 2005), Jones released solo albums in 2004 (On My Way to Church, which hit the Top 20 upon its August release) and 2005 (Diary of a Summer). The 2006 album Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment) took him out of the background and into the spotlight thanks to the massive hit "We Fly High." The track made it to number five on the Billboard Hot 100, topped their Hot Rap Tracks chart, and was adopted by the New York Giants football team as their unofficial anthem. By the end of the year a remix of "We Fly High" landed on Jones' holiday album A Dipset Christmas. The album Harlem's American Gangster appeared in 2008, just as rumors of Jones' exit from Dipset began to spread. His other release that year, M.O.B.: The Album, introduced his Byrd Gang crew.