![]() Jones released his debut solo album in 2001 which was titled Black Trash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones, a concept album that followed the (fictionalized) life of Kirk Jones in a story line fashion as he is released from prison and then ultimately his death. Their third-and what would become their final-album on Def Jam, "Shut 'Em Down", barely went gold. Only four years earlier, Onyx were "saving Def Jam", as Sticky Fingaz put it, but now they were hoping the label would save them. JMJ Records as well as Onyx was officially removed from Def Jam on "Black Thursday" – Janu– because the label PolyGram, who in 1994 purchased 50% of Sony's Def Jam, was sold to Seagram on December 10, 1998. Then Onyx released on JMJ Records another two albums: All We Got Iz Us and Shut 'Em Down. It proved to be a commercial success and eventually went multi-platinum, largely due to the well known single " Slam". In 1993, Onyx released their debut album entitled Bacdafucup. Fredro and Sticky Fingaz made two records, "Stik 'N' Muve" and "Exercise". So Jeff Harris, the manager of Onyx, asked Fredro to come to the studio with his cousin, Kirk Jones, who at the time was doing a solo career under the name Trop and working in the barbershop. Jay give them about two months to get a demo, but Suave and Big DS didn't make it to the studio because they were stranded in Connecticut. Music career Onyx įredro Starr, Big DS and Suave (also known as Sonny Seeza) met Jam Master Jay in a traffic jam at The Jones Beach GreekFest Festival on July 13, 1991. In 1990, at age 16, Jones moved out of his mother's house to South Jamaica, Queens to live with his cousin Fredro Starr, who worked in Queens as a barber. When his mother moved the family to Bloomfield, New Jersey, she enrolled Jones in Manhattan's High School of Art and Design, hoping he would focus on his talents, in particular his gift for drawing. This was the reason for his nickname "Sticky Fingaz" ("sticky fingers" is an idiomatic term meaning an inclination to steal). In an interview with DJ Vlad, Jones revealed that he had been a member of the "Lo-Lifes," a local Brooklyn street gang that mainly engaged in petty retail theft of Polo clothing (rather than in drug dealing or violent turf wars). When he was a child, he wanted to be a DJ. He grew up in the Flatbush, Brooklyn neighborhood. Jones was born in Kings County Hospital Center on November 3, 1973. Jones & Company, a holding company that develops strategy and brand building in the culture. On August 12, 2020, Sticky Fingaz was unanimously voted to be President of the newly formed Hunger Aid Foundation. In 2019, Fingaz released a movie It's About T.I.M.E., which features the format in which it was released – "Digital Album Movie", created by the rapper. Both films were released by Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Sticky Fingaz wrote, produced, directed, and starred in two feature films done entirely in the genre of " hip hopera" through his production company Major Independents: A Day in the Life and Caught On Tape. In 2022, he had a recurring role in the Showtime comedy series, Flatbush Misdemeanors. He made his television debut in New York Undercover and Nash Bridges, but is best known for his role as Blade in the television series Blade. His feature film credits include Spike Lee's Clockers, In Too Deep, Lockdown, Doing Hard Time and Breaking Point, but is best known for his role as "Tyrone" in Next Friday. In 1993, he made his acting debut in Forest Whitaker's award-winning HBO drama Strapped. Sticky Fingaz starred in more than 80 films and television shows. Onyx went on to release three top-selling albums before Sticky Fingaz began his solo career. ![]() His signature lazy eye, raspy voice, and boundless energy brought attention to the group, and he became the frontman. Sticky Fingaz was discovered by Jam Master Jay of Run-D.M.C., who signed Onyx on his label JMJ Records provided that Sticky would be in the group. Kirk Jones (born November 3, 1973), better known by his stage name Sticky Fingaz, is an American hardcore rapper, record producer, script writer, director, publisher, and actor best known as a member of multi-platinum hardcore rap group Onyx.
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