![]() He has appeared in the film State Property 2 and on episodes of The Wire and Crash: The Series. He has created the clothing lines Nostic and Vampire Life. His second biggest hit was "Pop Champagne" in 2008. Rap and #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. A year later he released his third album "Hustler's P.O.M.E", which produced his biggest hit, the 2006 single "We Fly High" which was certified Platinum and reached #1 on the U.S. In 2005, he released his second album, "Harlem: Diary of a Summer." This coincided with him landing an executive position at Entertainment One Music. Jones released his solo debut studio album On My Way to Church in 2004. R&B chart as well as #8 on the Billboard 200. Their debut album Diplomatic Immunity was certified Gold and hit #1 on the U.S. He started off as a hype man for rapper Cam'ron and was a member of the hip hop group The Diplomats. The two would go on to have a significant impact on each other's careers as musicians. As a young teenager, Jones also became friends with Cameron Giles, AKA Cam'ron. He was just six years old when he met Dame Dash, a big name in hip-hop and one of the future co-founders of Roc-A-Fella Records. Jones had a troubled childhood and on one occasion was caught stealing from a store, prompting his expulsion from school at a young age. He grew up with fellow rapper Freekey Zekey. He attended a local Catholic school and would often skip church and school to hang out at the local train station. Jones has two sisters, Precious and Keisha. One of three children of Nancy Jones and Joseph Guillermo Jones, he was raised in Harlem by his maternal grandmother. Jim Jones was born Joseph Guillermo Jones II in The Bronx, New York on July 15, 1976.
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