Jim Jones

Jim Jones is one of those Harlem voices I keep coming back to because his whole story is bigger than any single hit. Born Joseph Guillermo Jones II in 1976, he co-founded Dipset with Cam'ron in 1997, and I think that group's swagger shaped a whole era of New York rap. What strikes me most is how he never stayed in one lane: rapper, songwriter, music executive, manager, entrepreneur. The hustle is the throughline. His Cardinal Hayes roots and longevity in the game tell me he's a survivor of an industry that chews people up fast.

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Name (English)

Jim Jones

Name (Japanese)

ジム・ジョーンズ

Reading

じむ・じょーんず

Born

July 15, 1976 (age 50)

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

rapper / songwriter / music executive / entrepreneur / manager

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dragon

High school

Cardinal Hayes High School

• Official sitehttp://www.jimjonesofficial.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jimjonescapo/
• Xhttps://x.com/jimjonescapo
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Jones%20(rapper)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA%20(%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707008

Tags

• New York
• rapper
• songwriter
• music executive

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.