Quincy Jones III
| Quincy Jones III | |
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 Quincy Jones III in July 2008. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Quincy Delight Jones III |
| Also known as | QDIII, QD3, Snoopy |
| Born |
23 December 1968 London, England |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer |
| Labels | Qwest/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records |
| Website | www.qd3.com |
Quincy Delight Jones III (born 23 December 1968) (also known as QDIII, QD3 and Snoopy) is a composer, music producer, film producer, and author.
Family
Quincy Delight Jones III was born in Wimbledon, London, the son of Swedish model Ulla Andersson and her American husband Quincy Jones, a musician and music producer.[1] He grew up in Sweden with his older sister Martina after their parents legally separated.[2] The two have five American half-sisters by their father's two other marriages and relationships in the United States, including the actresses Kidada and Rashida Jones.
A Swedish citizen, Jones has two children, Quincy Renzo Delight Jones IV and Nea Jones.
Business ventures
Quincy Jones III is the founder of QD3 Entertainment, which has produced a series of documentaries called 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).
On November 4, 2009, Chamillionaire launched the Global Innovation Tournament 2009 with Quincy Jones III at Stanford University as part of the Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar Series.
He is known for his The Carter (2009) documentary, about rapper Lil Wayne. The rapper filed a lawsuit to prevent distribution because he wanted control over the final cut, but the case was dismissed by the judge. A Huffington Post review ranked it as one of the top five movies about hip-hop.
In January 2014 he 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 re-imagine content beyond its original context. Investors include venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.[4]
Discography
Solo albums
- 1991: Soundlab (Qwest/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records 26574) featuring Justin Warfield
Bibliography
- Q, The Autobiography Of Quincy Jones
Films and documentaries
- 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)[5][6]
- Beef (October 4, 2006)
- Beef II (October 11, 2006)
- Beef III (October 16, 2006)
- Beef IV (October 25, 2006)
- Beef V (November 1, 2006)
- Beef VI (November 8, 2006)
- "The Carter (2009)
- Beef: Behind the Bullet (February 9, 2011)
- Tupac: Thug Angel (2011)
References
- ↑ Public tax records (accessible by telephone) from the Swedish Tax Agency
- ↑ Superiorpics.com: Quincy Jones, accessed 2010-07-08
- ↑ Beef: The Series at QD3.com
- ↑
- ↑ Beef: The Series on IMDb
- ↑ Beef: The Series at TV.com
External links
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- QD3 Entertainment - Official website.
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