Quincy Jones III

Quincy Jones III
File:Quincy Jones III.jpg Quincy Jones III in July 2008.
Background information
Birth name	Quincy Delight Jones III
Also known as	QDIII, QD3, Snoopy
Born	(1968-12-23) December 23, 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 (1968-12-23)December 23, 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. He grew up in Sweden with his older sister Martina after their parents legally separated. 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. 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.

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)
  • 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)

External links

• QD3 Entertainment - Official website.