Jim Jones

Joseph Guillermo Jones II (born July 15, 1976),title=Jim Jones better known by his stage name Jim Jones, is an American rapper and original member of The Diplomats, also known as Dipset. He is Co-CEO of Diplomat Records. Jones is also a noted video director under the name of CAPO, for artists including Cam'ron, Remy Ma and State Property.

In 2004 he released his first solo album On My Way to Church. The release of his second album, Harlem: Diary of a Summer in 2005, coincided with Jones landing an executive position in A&R at E1 Music. A year later he was on his third album which spawned his biggest single to date "We Fly High". In 2006 he formed his own rap group, ByrdGang. He also has his own freestyle rollerblading team, Dip Skate, which he plans to take to the X Games in the near future.FEATURE: Jim Jones, Harlem Renaissance Jim Jones has recently partnered with Damon Dash to form Splash Records.

Early life

Jones was born in Harlem and is of Puerto Rican and Aruban descent.title=Dip Set Capo Jim Jones Still Gaining Altitude In an essay for Fader magazine, he stated that his mother would allow him to ride the train from their residence at 176th and Jerome Avenue to 110th Street and Lexington Avenue. He attended Catholic school but later began cutting church to loiter and play hooky at the train station

. Jimmy eat world: Jim Jones across 110th street As a young boy he used to skate which inspired him to create Dip Skate, his freestyle rollerblade team.

Music career

With Cam'ron breaking out first Jones was in the background as his hypeman. Soon they would form The Diplomats along with Juelz Santana.title=Jim Jones > Biography

On My Way to Church

On My Way to Church is Jones' debut album. The album spawned two singles that made the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart: "Certified Gangstas" (featuring Cam'ron, Bezel and The Game), which reached at #80, and "Crunk Muzik" (featuring his Dipset group members Cam'ron and Juelz Santana), which reached #84. The album peaked at #18 on the Billboard 200 chart, #3 on the Top Independent Albums chart, and #4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Harlem: Diary of a Summer

Harlem: Diary of a Summer is Jones' second album. It reached number 5 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Independent Albums charts.title=Jim Jones > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums It had three singles that were listed on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop chart: "Baby Girl", which reached #58; "Summer Wit' Miami", which reached #78;title=Jim Jones > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles and "What You Been Drankin' On?" (featuring Diddy, Paul Wall, and Jha Jha), which reached #106.

''Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment)

''Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment)'' is Jim Jones' third album. This album was more commercial and once again featured Dipset members along with Lil Wayne. The album spawned his biggest single to date, "We Fly High". In the music video of 2006 hit "We Fly High", Jones started a signature dance move of throwing up a fake jump shot every time the ad-lib "Ballin!'" was stated in the song. This dance move became so popular that it inspired Michael Strahan and Plaxico Burress to do the dance move after big plays during a Monday Night Football game in 2006. The album has been certified gold.

Pray IV Reign - The Rooftop

Pray IV Reign is Jim Jones' fourth album. It was released March 24, 2009. The album peaked at #9 on the Billboard 200 chart. On July 8, Jones released a promotional single entitled "The Good Stuff" featuring NOE The album features "Pop Champagne" which is also going to be featured on Ron Browz album as well. A bonus track on the album is "Jackin' Swagga From Us" with Twista, Noe and Lil Wayne which takes shots at T.I. and Jay-Z for allegedly stealing their styles and mocking their song "Swagga Like Us". It is his first solo album under Columbia Records. Along with releasing the album Jim Jones is doing an off-Broadway musical called Hip-Hop Monologues: Inside the Life and Mind of Jim Jones. In 2009 Jim Jones became Vice President of Urban A&R at Koch Records which is now E1 Music.

On June 11, Jim Jones appeared on 106 & Park along with DJ Webstar and announced that they will be releasing an album together entitled The Rooftop.Video: Jim Jones & DJ Webstar on 106 & Park He also announced that his documentary, This Is Jim Jones, will be released June 30, 2009. The first single off the album is "Dancin on Me", featuring Juelz Santana. It was officially released via iTunes, April 28. On September 22nd, hip hop website RapRuckus stated the album is scheduled for an October 6th, 2009 release. The second single is titled "She Can Get It".

Criminal charges

In December 2008 Jim Jones was arrested April 5 in New Jersey. Jones was reportedly driving a black 2007 Bentley in New Jersey, when he was stopped by police. He was immediately arrested after officers discovered he had an outstanding warrant for an unpaid ticket from 2005.

Controversy

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Tru-Life

According to an interview with Tru-Life in the June/July 2006 issue of Complex Magazine, rumors had spread that Tru-Life was referring to Jim Jones in his diss song "New New York". Jim Jones reportedly began calling several rappers and telling them that he had a DVD of Tru-Life dissing them. Tru-Life responded by calling Dipset Boss Cam'ron "a bitch."

Jones responded by challenging Tru-Life to a brawl with US$50,000 at stake.
Months later, Jones told an interviewer that Tru-Life did not respond to the challenge, doesn't count in the rap industry, and lacked the money and heart to accept Jones' challenge.Jim Jones Interview - "Dip Set Capo Jim Jones Still Gaining Altitude"

The argument continued into 2007, when Tru-Life released his DJ J-Love hosted mixtape entitled Tru York with Dipset diss tracks and whose cover superimposes an image of Jim Jones' face over a swimsuit-clad Borat picture.Tru York Mixtape track listing"

Jay-Z

Jones' dispute with Tru-Life may have stemmed from a dispute between Cam'ron and Jay-Z, as Tru-Life was signed to Jay-Z's Roc-La-Familia label at the time. Jim Jones has also dissed Jay-Z's performance as president of Def Jam Recordings.

Jay-Z has since responded with a diss track called "Brooklyn High" over the beat from Jones's "We Fly High"."Jay-Z Disses Jim Jones" Brooklyn High Lyrics On December 1, 2006, BET's Access Granted debuted the video for Jones's "We Fly High" remix, with Diddy, Baby, T.I., Young Dro, and added Juelz Santana's verse from his response on the "We Fly High Beef Mix".

He recently got in to an altercation with a Jay-Z associate who was with Ne-Yo at the time and turned himself into the police shortly after. However, it was recently reported that Jones did not get into a altercation with Ne-Yo, but was instead a rumour intended to increase tension. [1]

Cam'ron

In early 2007, rumors began to spread stating that Jim Jones had been in many rifts and disagreements with fellow Dipset member Cam'ron Jim Jones Admits Beef With Cam'ron, "Me & Cam Haven't Spoken To Each Other In A Year" | Daily Hip-Hop News | SOHH.com /

On May 7, 2007, Jones was to appear on the "Funkmaster Flex radio show", but due to unknown reasons Jones was a no-show. Bloggers and listeners began to wonder if this statement of a possible break-up within the group was indeed true. However, radio personality Miss Info interviewed Jones and got him to describe the situation with him and Cam'ron. He said:
cquote "Me and Cam'ron haven't spoken to each other in a year...I kept quiet out of loyalty, I felt like if we can't be friends then at least we can do business together," Jones explained to Miss Info. "But now I can't be next to you...I'm through with being in hot water because of you...We still the Diplomats. We worked too hard to achieve our own success and now we're gonna do something new."

On April 8, 2009, after three years of not being on speaking terms with Jones, Cam'ron stated that the rift in the Diplomats is too big for him to make music with Juelz Santana or Jim Jones ever again. The Harlem rapper said the "last straw" was Jim Jones publicly denying a phone call between the two that took place back in February.

Discography

Studio albums

2004: On My Way to Church
2005: Harlem: Diary of a Summer
2006: ''Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment)
2009: Pray IV Reign
2009: The Rooftop

Filmography

Awards

Urban Music Awards

2009, Best Collaboration ft. Ron Browz & Juelz Santana ‘Pop Champagne’ (Won)

Signed Music Artists

Early life