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Quincy Jones III
Quincy Jones III
	; In July 2008.
Background information
Birth name	Quincy Delight Jones III
Also known as	QD3, QDIII, Snoopy
Born	December 23, 1968 (age 40)
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Record producer
Website	www.qd3.com

Quincy Delight Jones III (born December 23, 1968(1968-12-23)) (aka QD3 aka Snoopy) is a Swedish-American composer, music producer, film producer, and author.

[edit] Personal life

Quincy Delight Jones III was born December 23, 1968 to American music producer Quincy Jones and top Swedish model Ulla Andersson, Jones moved to Sweden at the age of 4 with his mother and older sister Martina Jones.

Jones grew up in a suburb south of Stockholm. He has described his upbringing as difficult. The break up of his parents' marriage and poor financial investments on the part of his mother were causes of instability. He rarely saw his father and witnessed his mother's struggle with substance abuse.

He currently lives in the Los Angeles area. He is divorced from Koa Jones, and has two children, a son and daughter.

[edit] Career

While in his early teens, Jones discovered breakdancing. Jones is regarded as one of the pioneers of the Swedish hip hop scene. He took the pseudonym Snoopy and with Karl Dyall had a 1986 hit with the hip-hop song "Next Time," which was taken from the soundtrack of the cult movie Stockholmsnatt, in which Jones played a leading role. By 16, he had earned his first gold-certified record.

At 17, Jones decided to move to the United States. He briefly attended his father's alma mater, the Berklee College of Music, where he met Roland Garrett. The school did not offer what Jones was looking for musically, and he dropped out. He moved to the Bronx, where he lived with his friend T La Rock. Jones practiced and perfected his craft at Power Play Studios with future hip-hop legends Rakim and KRS-One.

Within seven years, he had established himself as a respected producer and changed his pseudonym to QDIII. He created tracks for many artists, including LL Cool J, Too Short, Ice Cube, Mack 10, Westside Connection, K-Dee, Lench Mob, Tech N9ne, Yo-Yo, Justin Warfield, and Tupac Shakur. He has also scored films and television shows, including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Menace II Society.

Jones has produced hip-hop documentary films, which include Thug Angel, The Freshest Kids, Beef, Beef II, Beef III, Beef IV, and most recently The Carter - about Lil' Wayne's life.

[edit] Trivia

The first letter his parents received after he was born came with a $5000.00 bond from family friend Frank Sinatra. The letter read; "Dear Quincy Delight Jones III, WELCOME! And let Uncle Frank start your college fund with the hope that you will find friendship, knowledge, and happiness in what will no doubt be a far better world. Love, Francis."
Received his first Emmy nomination in 1999 for the Eddie Murphy show The PJ's.
One of his half-sisters is actress and recording artist Rashida Jones.
QD3 recorded and co-produced the Grammy-winning album Back on the Block with his father.
For years QDII was unable to find the master of one of the most popular Tupac Shakur songs, "Soon As I Get Home." This made it impossible to be remixed. However, in late 2005, someone from Shakur's estate found the two-track master in a closet. The original version of the track emerged on the latest posthumous release Pac's Life, the only track on the album that was not remixed.
QDIII along with Chamillionaire launched the Global Innovation Tournament 2009 on November 4, 2009 at the Stanford Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University.

[edit] Discography

1991: Soundlab (Qwest/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records 26574)

featuring Justin Warfield

[edit] See also

Swedish hip hop

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Quincy Jones III

QD3 Entertainment - Official website.

[edit] Bibliography

Q, The Autobiography Of Quincy Jones;
- Chapter 23: "Helter Skelter".
- Chapter 30: "Normal", by Quincy Jones III.

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