Jim Jones

来自纽约哈林的嘻哈歌手Jim Jones原名Joseph Guillermo Jones II，出生于1976年7月15日，是波多黎各与阿鲁巴后裔，是嘻哈组合The Diplomats也就是Dipset的创始成员之一。同时也是Diplomat唱片公司的CEO之一。他还以CAPO这个名字，为Cam’Ron, Remy Ma和State Property导演过MV。因为他年幼时酷爱轮滑，现在他还拥有一支名为Dip Skate的极限轮滑团队。 最早Jim Jones是作为Cam’Ron的伴唱出道的，很快Cam’Ron, Jim Jones与Freekey Zeeky一同于90年代中后期成立了组合The Diplomats，并于1999年招入了才华横溢的Juelz Santana。2004年他发行了个人处子专辑《On My Way to Church》，2005年第二张专辑《Harlem: Diary of a Summer》发行。一年之后他的第三张专辑《Hustler’s P.O.M.E.》中的一首“We Fly High”成为了他职业生涯中最火的一首歌。 随后，Jim Jones在业界前辈、Def Jam创始人之一Rick Rubin以及前Roc-A-Fella高管的提携下，签入了索尼唱片公司，在此时他和人间蒸发的Cam’Ron似乎也有了矛盾，Dipset慢慢地不再有动静。2006年，Jim Jones带领着他自己的团体ByrdGang继续前进，2007年年底他宣布要发行一张叫《Harlem’s American Gangster》的混音辑，这可能是他正式向Jay-Z宣战。2009年3月24日，他签约主流唱片公司后的第一张专辑《Pray IV Reign》发行并排到了专辑销量榜的第9位。目前他被E1音乐公司，也就是曾经的Koch唱片公司任命为艺人资源部副主席。
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.