“Even though we still went in the wrong direction, we had some balance because we knew we were in a different position. “The fact that we got a chance to do that deal so young - we were all 18, 19, something like that - it saved us from a lot of things that we were heading into. Preview the appropriate book list for your grade-level and the. “It saved us in the fact that the direction we was headed in was not a good direction from a young age,” he said. Lakewood Summer Literacy Initiative 2013. I gotta really get into this rap mode.’ And that’s what really propelled me, seeing all the success that they was having.”Įarlier in the conversation, Jones explained that his life was heading in a very different direction before Cam’ron and Ma$e introduced him to the rap game. I was like ‘Nah, I gotta figure this out. I was doing everything - directing, security, engineering, but they was coming every night, $30-40,000 off that show money. He added: “Wouldn’t be no Jim Jones if it wasn’t for them guys, and I ended up catching on. Jones, an original member of hip hop collective The Diplomats (also known as Dipset), is also the co-CEO of Diplomat Records, alongside longtime friend and fellow Harlem-bred rapper, Cam’ron. He was like, ‘Boy, once you figure out how to rap the same way you act in these streets, it’s going to work for you, just keep going.’ So I always gotta give credit where credit is due.” Joseph Guillermo Jones II (born July 15, 1976), better known by his stage name Jim Jones (formerly Jimmy Jones), is an American rapper and music video director. “Ma$e taught me how to rap and Cam always made sure I was on every single album he had. “The music didn’t start for me until later on in the 2000s after Cam and them figured it out,” he said.
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