BIOGRAPHY
Spoken Word. Hip Hop. Soul. All of these elements, along with an insatiable need to provide a useful message through his words, describe Virginia born Spoken Word Artist Writer Jones. In 1996 Jones transitioned from true school MC to poet after several attempts at breaking into the Hip Hop scene were futile. Using the methods he'd learned and the hours of hard work and practice it took to perfect his craft, Jones tried his hand at writing poetry as an outlet for his creative frustration. Once his work began to take on the form of many who came before him, he decided that poetry would properly fulfill his need to use the gift that he had been blessed with. It wasn't until 2007 when Jones returned to Norfolk State University to complete his studies in Mass Communications, that he began writing and performing more frequently. That would be about the time when he decided that all the material he had written should be put to some use. The end result would be his first published book of poetry titled My Soul Experience: Moods and Moments. It would be another three years of writing and performing at local open mics and colleges, even a few out of state, before Jones would decide to record his first album titled Observe and Report...The Ep. Still raw and un-mastered, the album was, surprisingly, received well in local poetry and spoken word circles and garnered a substantial amount of airplay on several online radio stations. Jones feels that with all the writing that he's done and the world around him constantly changing, there is no need to sit and wait for anything to be given to him, so he ventures out and gets it. Only one year later, Jones is back with his new album titled Intellectually Street and he is sure that this time out the successes will be greater and even more people will become fans of his work, pleased by his passion, and ultimately changed...by his words.
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