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Quincy Jones III
Jones in 2008
Born
Quincy Delight Jones III

(1968-12-23) 23 December 1968 (age 55)
Wimbledon, London, England
Nationality
  • English
  • Swedish
  • American
Other names
  • QDIII
  • QD3
  • Snoopy
OccupationRecord producer
Children2
Parents
Relatives
Musical career
GenresHip hop
Labels
Websiteqd3.com

Quincy Delight Jones III (born 23 December 1968), better known as QDIII, QD3 and Snoopy, is an English-born Swedish-American music producer and film producer.

Family

Jones was born in Wimbledon, London, the son of Swedish model Ulla Andersson and American musician-music producer Quincy Jones Jr.[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 and fashion model Kenya Kinski-Jones.

Career

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).

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.

Jones is known for his documentary The Carter (2009), about rapper Lil Wayne. Lil Wayne 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 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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

Jones was a jury member of Swedish Idol 2016.

Discography

Main article: Quincy Jones III production discography

Solo albums

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)[7][8]
    • 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)

Bibliography

  • Q, The Autobiography of Quincy Jones

References

  1. ^ Public tax records (accessible by telephone) from the Swedish Tax Agency
  2. ^ Superiorpics.com: Quincy Jones, accessed 8 July 2010
  3. ^ "Beef I Trailer - QD3.COM". Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  4. ^ "'Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth' Coming This Fall from XLRator Media". Movieweb.com. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Rap artists encourage fans to get healthy in new documentary". Cbsnews.com. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  6. ^ Lundell och Aronsson Media AB. "Breakit - Han kliver in i Idol-juryn – avslöjar nu sin stora startup-satsning". Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Beef: The Series (TV Series 2006– )". IMDb. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Beef: The Series". TV.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
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