About the Author:
Tarsha Nicole Jones—aka Miss Jones or “Jonesy,” as she is called by the many people who adore her—is the host of the #1 Arbitron-rated New York Hot 97-FM morning show, weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Miss Jones in the Morning. Miss Jones attended New York City’s Fiorella H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (the Fame school), concentrating in classical music and subsequently learning music technique and arrangement. She attended Syracuse University, where she graduated with a BA in music. A chance meeting with rapper Doug E. Fresh helped to launch her singing career, and her vocals were featured on recordings for the Beatnuts, Busta Rhymes, Biz Markie, Common Sense, and Rampage. Musical cameos on underground mix tapes for Ron G and DJ Homicide, along with station promos on Hot 97 for popular DJs Red Alert and Funkmaster Flex, gave Miss Jones underground celebrity status. She lives in New Jersey with her son.
From Publishers Weekly:
Jones, who is New York's hip-hop Hot 97-FM morning DJ, traces her rocky trajectory from the Astoria projects to fame in dishy, inelegant detail. The early years were tough for Jones, born to an epileptic mother who divorced Jones's father early on, remarried periodically, but taught her daughter how to fight and prodded her singing career. Jones attended Manhattan's prestigious High School of Music and Art with Ricky Walters, aka MC Slick Rick, and attended Syracuse University. She was introduced to rapper Doug E. Fresh, who became instrumental in igniting Jones's early singing career in the early 1990s; toured with Fresh's Get Fresh Crew; romanced hip-hop superstar Busta Rhymes; recorded the song Two Way Street then was asked to join Ed Lover and Dr. Dre on their Hot 97 morning show. Although she considered herself a singer first, being a DJ became her bread and butter. Jones has her axes in work and love to grind, and it makes for cluttered, pedestrian reading. (July)
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