| Kidada Jones | |
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| Born | March 22, 1974 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Model Actress Fashion Designer Stylist |
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| Kidada Jones | |
Kidada Ann Jones (born March 22, 1974) is an American actress, model, and fashion designer.
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Kidada Jones is the elder daughter of composer/arranger Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. She was raised in Bel-Air, California, with her younger sister, actress Rashida Jones.
She began working as a celebrity stylist for one of her father's publications, Vibe Magazine. Kidada gained attention when she styled Michael Jackson for the cover of VIBE in 1995, which led her to be subsequently recruited by designer Tommy Hilfiger. Hilfiger launched a successful ad campaign centered around Kidada, her friends (including Aaliyah, Tamia, Kate Hudson, Nicole Richie and Oliver Hudson).
Kidada enjoyed a successful career as a model and appeared in a such fashion magazines as Elle, Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. She has also worked as an actress. Over the years, she has worked with Robert Downey, Jr., Brooke Shields, Ron Silver, Ben Stiller, James Toback, Ossie Davis, Gina Gershon and Ice Cube. She dated rapper/actor Tupac Shakur at the time of his death in 1996. She had a memorial tattoo of the late rapper on her arm, but has now covered it with a flower.
