Quincy Jones III
Jones in 2008
Born	Quincy Delight Jones III (1968-12-23) 23 December 1968 Wimbledon, London, England
Nationality	Swedish American
Other names	QDIII QD3 Snoopy
Occupation	Record producer
Children	2
Parents	Quincy Jones (father) Ulla Andersson (mother)
Relatives	Kidada Jones (half-sister) Rashida Jones (half-sister) Kenya Kinski-Jones (half-sister) Richard A. Jones (uncle)
Musical career
Genres	Hip hop
Labels	Qwest Reprise Warner Bros. QDIII Soundlab, Inc.
Website	qd3.com

Quincy Delight Jones III (born 23 December 1968), better known as QDIII, QD3 and Snoopy, is a music producer and documentary film producer.

Family

Jones was born in Wimbledon, London, the son of Swedish model Ulla Andersson and American musician-music producer Quincy Jones Jr.^[1] He grew up in Sweden with his older sister Martina after their parents legally separated.^[2] The two have five American half-sisters by their father's two other marriages and relationships in the United States, including the actresses Kidada and Rashida Jones and fashion model Kenya Kinski-Jones.

Career

Jones is the founder of QD3 Entertainment, which has produced a series of documentaries known collectively as Beef. These explore the violence and feuds within hip hop culture.^[3] Jones is also a hip hop DJ; he released an album called Soundlab (1991).

On 4 November 2009, Chamillionaire launched the Global Innovation Tournament 2009 with Jones at Stanford University as part of the Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar Series.

In 2011, Jones co-founded the health and wellness lifestyle company Feel Rich, Inc. with partner Shawn Ullman, which aimed at promoting "health as the new wealth" to urban communities.^[4] Along with QD3's father, Grammy winning producer Quincy Jones, they produced a documentary film, Feel Rich:Health is the New Wealth, that featured celebrities, hip hop icons, and medical and health professionals discussing wellness in the urban community.^[5]

In January 2014, Jones founded WeMash, an Internet service that connects owners of content (movie studios, news organizations, sports entities, music labels/publishers) with creators from every field (video artists, filmmakers, musicians, and more) to reimagine content beyond its original context. Investors include venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.^[6]

Jones was a jury member of Swedish Idol 2016.

Lil Wayne Lawsuit

On November 6, 2012, Jones was awarded $2.2mn in a lawsuit against Rapper Lil Wayne, over Jones' biopic "The Carter".^[7] The pair sued each other over the film, with Wayne's original lawsuit — which was thrown out — claimed Jones' documentary was a "scandalous portrayal" of Wayne & his work.^[8] Jones' eventually successful — in large part due to the judge's interpretation of Wayne's deposition tape — suit alleged Wayne's claims hurt the reputation & sales of the film.

Discography

Films and documentaries

• 1987: Stockholmsnatt as Quincy. Also narrating.
• 2002: The Freshest Kids: A History of the B-Boy (as producer, QD3 Entertainment)
• 2006: Beef: The Series (QD3 Entertainment)^[9][10]
  • Beef (4 October 2006)
  • Beef II (11 October 2006)
  • Beef III (16 October 2006)
  • Beef IV (25 October 2006)
  • Beef V (1 November 2006)
  • Beef VI (8 November 2006)
  • The Carter (2009)
  • Beef: Behind the Bullet (9 February 2011)
  • Tupac: Thug Angel (2011)

• • Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur is an American television documentary series about Tupac Shakur and his mother Afeni Shakur, directed by Allen Hughes. It premiered on FX on April 21, 2023.

Bibliography

• Q, The Autobiography of Quincy Jones

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Quincy Jones III.

• QD3 Entertainment - Official website
• Quincy Jones III at IMDb