Quincy Jones III

Quincy Delight Jones III (born 23 December 1968), better known as QDIII, QD3 and Snoopy, is a music producer and documentary film producer.

Quincy Jones III
Jones in 2008
Born
Quincy Delight Jones III

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

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.

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.

Lil Wayne Lawsuit

On November 6, 2012, Jones was awarded $2.2mn in a lawsuit against Rapper Lil Wayne, over Jones' biopic "The Carter".[7] The pair sued each other over the film, with Wayne's original lawsuit — which was thrown out — claimed Jones' documentary was a "scandalous portrayal" of Wayne & his work.[8] Jones' eventually successful — in large part due to the judge's interpretation of Wayne's deposition tape — suit alleged Wayne's claims hurt the reputation & sales of the film.

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)[9][10]
    • 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". CBS News. 30 August 2017. 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. Mashnitski, Aleksandr (6 November 2012). "Lil Wayne Loses Lawsuit, Must Pay $2.2M to Quincy Jones III". FindLaw. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  8. "Lil Wayne loses documentary lawsuit over foolish deposition | Complete Music Update". completemusicupdate.com. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  9. "Beef: The Series (TV Series 2006– )". IMDb. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  10. "Beef: The Series". TV.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
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