Sticky Fingaz

Kirk Jones(born November 3, 1973), better known by his stage nameSticky Fingaz, is an American rapper, record producer and actor best known as a member of multi-platinum hardcore rap groupOnyx.
Sticky Fingaz was discovered byJam Master JayofRun-D.M.C., who signed Onyx on his labelJMJ Recordsprovided that Sticky would be in the group. His lazy eye, raspy voice, and boundless energy brought attention to the group, and he became the frontman. 
Onyx went on to release three top-selling albums before Sticky Fingaz began his solo career.
Sticky Fingaz starred in more than 80 films and television shows. In 1993, he made his acting debut inForest Whitaker's award-winningHBOdramaStrapped. His feature film credits includeSpike Lee'sClockers,In Too Deep,Lockdown,Doing Hard TimeandBreaking Point, but is best known for his role as "Tyrone" inNext Friday. He made his television debut inNew York UndercoverandNash Bridges, but is best known for his role asBladein the television seriesBlade. In 2022, he had a recurring role in the Showtime comedy series,Flatbush Misdemeanors.
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 LifeandCaught On Tape. Both films were released byLionsgate Home Entertainment. In 2019, Fingaz releasedIt's About T.I.M.E., which he describes as a "Digital Album Movie".
On August 12, 2020, Sticky Fingaz was unanimously voted to be President of the newly formed Hunger Aid Foundation. In July 2021, Sticky Fingaz opened  K. Jones & Company, a holding company that develops strategy and brand building in the culture.
Jones was born inKings County Hospital Centeron November 3, 1973. He grew up in theFlatbush, Brooklynneighborhood. When he was a child, he wanted to be a DJ.
In an interview withDJ 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 ofPoloclothing (rather than in drug dealing or violent turf wars). This was the reason for his nickname "Sticky Fingaz" ("sticky fingers" is an idiomatic term meaning an inclination to steal).
When his mother moved the family toBloomfield, New Jersey, she enrolled Jones in Manhattan'sHigh School of Art and Design, hoping he would focus on his talents, in particular his gift for drawing. In 1990, at age 16, Jones moved out of his mother's house toSouth Jamaica, Queensto live with his cousinFredro Starr, who worked in Queens as abarber.
Fredro Starr,Big DSand Suave (also known asSonny Seeza) metJam Master Jayin a traffic jam at The Jones Beach GreekFest Festival on July 13, 1991.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.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. Fredro and Sticky Fingaz made two records, "Stik 'N' Muve" and "Exercise".
In 1993, Onyx released their debut album entitledBacdafucup. It proved to be a commercial success and eventually wentmulti-platinum, largely due to the well known single "Slam". Then Onyx released onJMJ Recordsanother two albums:All We Got Iz UsandShut 'Em Down. JMJ Records as well as Onyx was officially removed from Def Jam on "Black Thursday" – January 21, 1999 – because the labelPolyGram, who in 1994 purchased 50% of Sony's Def Jam, was sold toSeagramon December 10, 1998.
Only four years earlier, Onyx were "saving Def Jam", as Sticky Fingaz put it, but now they were hoping the label would save them. Their third—and what would become their final—album onDef Jam, "Shut 'Em Down", barely went gold.
Jones released his debut solo album in 2001 which was titledBlack Trash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones, a concept album that followed the (fictionalized) life of Kirk Jones in ahip-hoperastorytelling fashion starting from his release from prison and ultimately ending with his death.  The album was a critical success, being noted as very creative with substantial content, though it didn't gain much commercial recognition despite featuring well-known artists such asEminem,Raekwon,Rah Digga,Dave Hollister,RedmanandCanibus.
In 2003, he released his second album,Decade "...but wait it gets worse", which was less well received by critics and gained even less mainstream acknowledgement, featuring on this album were performances fromFredro Starr&Omar Epps.
In 2019, Fingaz released his third album,It's About T.I.M.E.The album was released as a "digital album movie" and is accompanied bymusical film, which tells about the life of an American rapper Sticky Fingaz, starting from his birth to the entry intoOnyx. The album is available only on Sticky's own website.
Jones was a regular on the short-livedUPNseriesPlatinumas Grady Rhames. He also played the part ofPvt.Maurice "Smoke" Williams in theFXtelevision seriesOver There, which depicts life as an American soldier inIraq. He played Tyrone inNext Friday. Jones also played a recurring role as Kern Little, a gang leader and hiphop musician/producer on the FX seriesThe Shield. He has also appeared in thedirect-to-videoand Sci-Fi Channel releaseHouse of the Dead 2.
Starting in 2006, Jones was cast as thehalf-human/half-vampireBladeinBlade: The Series, a continuation of theBlade film seriesstarringWesley Snipes, with the show airing onSpike TV. The series was cancelled on September 29, 2006, through a press release from Spike. He has completed his work on a movie titledKarma, Confessions and Holiwhere he plays the character Rich Smooth. Jones was a major character in the remake of the movieFlight of the Phoenix. In the video gameDef Jam: Fight for NYhe supplied his own voice and is one of the main antagonists throughout the story.  He also has an appearance in the sequel,Def Jam: Icon, under the name Wink. Fingaz wrote, co-produced, co-directed and starred in the movieA Day in the Life.
Fingaz released a movieIt's About T.I.M.E.through his production company Major Independents on February 14, 2019. Sticky Fingaz not only wrote the script for this film, but also presented himself as a director, cinematographer and producer of the film, and also he played a role in it. A feature of this film is the format in which it was released – "Digital Album Movie", created by the rapper.
Jones had a recurring role in Season 2 of Showtime'sFlatbush Misdemeanorswhere he played Anthony, the brother ofHassan Johnson's character, Drew. Jones and Johnson previously worked together onClockers.