Miles Jones
The story of underground hip hop phenom Miles Jones and his debut U.S. release, Runaway Jones, is inextricably tied to his famed bloodline. His grandfather was a jazz and ska musician who helped pioneer the reggae movement at Studio One in Jamaica, where Bob Marley and a slew of other legends recorded their first major hits. And his father, Deadly Hedley Jones Jr, was an integral proponent of the early Toronto club scene and an influential DJ on CFNY FM.
Some might say that young Mr. Jones was born with big shoes to fill. But another way of looking at the situation slants toward the notion of inevitability. In other words, when you couple the luck of genetics with an inclination for poetry and a deep-seated admiration for master hip-hop story-tellers like Eric B & Rakim, Kool Moe Dee, LL Cool J, and Big Daddy Kane, the recent success of Miles Jones seems only natural.
