Jim Jones

Biography

Joseph Guillermo Jones II (born July 15, 1976), better known by his stage name Jim Jones (formerly Jimmy Jones), is an American rapper, record executive, music video director, and entrepreneur. He is best known as a founding member of the hip hop collective the Diplomats (Dipset), alongside Cam’ron, Juelz Santana, and Freekey Zekey. Jones also serves as co-CEO of Diplomat Records and has directed music videos under the pseudonym CAPO.

Born in the Bronx, New York City, and raised in Harlem, Jones grew up in a multicultural household, with an Aruban mother and a Puerto Rican father. He was largely raised by his maternal grandmother. As a youth, he attended Catholic school but was later expell...