Quincy Jones III
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| Born | Quincy Delight Jones III 23 December 1968 London, England |
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| Occupation(s) | Record producer, composer |
| Children | 2 |
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| Genres | Hip hop |
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| Website | qd3 |
Quincy Delight Jones III (born 23 December 1968), better known as QDIII, QD3 and Snoopy, is a Swedish-American music producer, composer and documentary film producer.
Family
[edit]Jones was born in Wimbledon, London, the only son of American musician-music producer Quincy Jones Jr. and his second wife, Swedish model Ulla Andersson.[1] He grew up in Sweden with his older sister Martina after their parents legally separated.[2] The two have five American half-sisters from their father's two other marriages and relationships in the United States, including actresses Kidada and Rashida Jones and fashion model Kenya Kinski-Jones.
Career
[edit]Jones is the founder of QD3 Entertainment, which has produced a series of documentaries known collectively as Beef. These explore the violence and feuds within hip hop culture.[3] Jones is also a hip hop DJ; he released an album called Soundlab (1991).
Jones has also ventured into composing, scoring the music for the films Menace II Society (1993), Thicker than Water (1999), and Pootie Tang (2001), as well as for the television series Out All Night, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, In the House, Grown Ups and The PJs.[4]
On 4 November 2009, Chamillionaire launched the Global Innovation Tournament 2009 with Jones at Stanford University as part of the Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar Series.
In 2011, Jones co-founded the health and wellness lifestyle company Feel Rich, Inc. with partner Shawn Ullman, which aimed at promoting "health as the new wealth" to urban communities.[5] Along with QD3's father, Grammy winning producer Quincy Jones, they produced a documentary film, Feel Rich:Health is the New Wealth, that featured celebrities, hip hop icons, and medical and health professionals discussing wellness in the urban community.[6]
In January 2014, Jones founded WeMash, an Internet service that connects owners of content (movie studios, news organizations, sports entities, music labels/publishers) with creators from every field (video artists, filmmakers, musicians, and more) to reimagine content beyond its original context. Investors include venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.[7]
Jones was a jury member of Swedish Idol 2016.
Lil Wayne lawsuit
[edit]On November 6, 2012, Jones was awarded $2.2mn in a lawsuit against rapper Lil Wayne, over Jones's biopic "The Carter".[8] The pair sued each other over the film, with Wayne's original lawsuit — which was thrown out — claimed Jones' documentary was a "scandalous portrayal" of Wayne and his work.[9] Jones's eventually successful suit — in large part due to the judge's interpretation of Wayne's deposition tape — alleged Wayne's claims hurt the reputation and sales of the film.
Discography
[edit]Solo albums
[edit]- 1991: Soundlab (Qwest/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records 26574) featuring Justin Warfield
Films and documentaries
[edit]- 1987: Stockholmsnatt as Quincy. Also narrating.
- 2002: The Freshest Kids: A History of the B-Boy (as producer, QD3 Entertainment)
- 2006: Beef: The Series (QD3 Entertainment)[10][11]
- Beef (4 October 2006)
- Beef II (11 October 2006)
- Beef III (16 October 2006)
- Beef IV (25 October 2006)
- Beef V (1 November 2006)
- Beef VI (8 November 2006)
- The Carter (2009)
- Beef: Behind the Bullet (9 February 2011)
- Tupac: Thug Angel (2011)
- Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur is an American television documentary series about Tupac Shakur and his mother Afeni Shakur, directed by Allen Hughes. It premiered on FX on April 21, 2023.
Bibliography
[edit]- Q, The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
References
[edit]- ^ Public tax records (accessible by telephone) from the Swedish Tax Agency
- ^ Superiorpics.com: Quincy Jones, accessed 8 July 2010
- ^ "Beef I Trailer - QD3.COM". Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Quincy Jones III - Helena". Helena.org. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "'Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth' Coming This Fall from XLRator Media". Movieweb.com. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Rap artists encourage fans to get healthy in new documentary". CBS News. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ Lundell och Aronsson Media AB. "Breakit - Han kliver in i Idol-juryn – avslöjar nu sin stora startup-satsning". Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ Mashnitski, Aleksandr (6 November 2012). "Lil Wayne Loses Lawsuit, Must Pay $2.2M to Quincy Jones III". FindLaw. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Lil Wayne loses documentary lawsuit over foolish deposition | Complete Music Update". completemusicupdate.com. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Beef: The Series (TV Series 2006– )". IMDb. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Beef: The Series". TV.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
External links
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- QD3 Entertainment - Official website
- Quincy Jones III at IMDb
| International | |
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- American hip hop DJs
- American hip hop record producers
- American people of Cameroonian descent
- American people of Swedish descent
- American people of Welsh descent
- Grammy Award winners for rap music
- Musicians from the London Borough of Merton
- Family of Quincy Jones
- Qwest Records artists
- Musicians from Stockholm
- Musicians from Wimbledon, London
- Swedish hip hop DJs
- Swedish people of African-American descent
- Swedish people of Welsh descent
- Swedish people of Cameroonian descent
- Swedish record producers
- Berklee College of Music alumni