Quincy D. Jones, III
When music is in your blood it’s hard to turn the volume down. Just ask Quincy Jones III, who for more than 20 years has been producing hits in both music and film, influencing an entire culture with his uncanny ability to first hear, then successfully produce tomorrow’s sounds today.
Quincy, born in London and raised in Stockholm, Sweden, got his start in Hip Hop by touring as a break-dancer. At age 13, he got his first drum machine and started producing demo’s for local Hip Hop acts which eventually lead to producing his first gold record at 16 years old. Quincy eventually moved to New York where he worked with old school legends such as T La Rock (1st artist signed to Def Jam) and Special K (of the group Treacherous 3 featuring Kool Moe Dee).
In 1986 Quincy attended the noted Berklee College of Music in Boston before moving to Los Angeles where he connected with Dr.Dre and a small record label called Ruthless. He began producing with this talented crew that would include Ice Cube, Warren G, Snoop Dogg and many others who would create West coast Hip Hop.
With many gold, platinum and multi-platinum albums and singles to his name, Quincy has worked with artists such as Tupac, Ice Cube and L.L. Cool J., as well as remixing singles for artists such as Prince, Queen Latifah, and Coolio. He also transitioned seamlessly into television and film work, including scoring the influential film Menace to Society, as well as songs featured in Gang Related, Panthers and Jason’s Lyric.
Quincy’s television credits include theme songs for In The House, starring L.L. Cool J., Out All Night, featuring Patti Labelle, and The PJ’s, Eddie Murphy’s weekly animated comedy series (for which Quincy received an Emmy nomination). ASCAP honored Quincy with the 1993 ASCAP Composers Award for his work on Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
In 2002, Quincy started a documentary production company focused on chronicling Hip Hop culture. Beginning with the multi-platinum selling DVD, Tupac Shakur bio doc Thug Angel, QD3 Entertainment (QD3.com) has emerged as the industry standard in the urban DVD market. Following the success of Thug Angel, Quincy began working on the critically acclaimed BEEF trilogy, which provides a definitive look at Hip Hop’s most notorious conflicts and resolutions between artists. In addition to receiving VIBE Magazines Best Music DVD Award in 2003, the popular BEEF series has received rave reviews from publications such as Variety, The Los Angeles Times, and Rolling Stone. The success of the BEEF DVDs has spawned the highly anticipated BEEF TV Series which premiered on the BET network in October 2006.
