52 years in the past in the present day, rapper, actor, director, and producer Sticky Fingaz was born
On today in Hip Hop historical past, Kirk Jones, bka Sticky Fingaz, was born in Brooklyn, New York. Often called the frontman for the trailblazing rap group Onyx and for his varied appearances on display screen and tv, Sticky Fingaz has turn into a distinguished a part of hip-hop tradition.
With Onyx, Jones turned an enormous success. The group’s debut album, Bacdafucup, had big industrial success and went multi-platinum. Because the multiplatinum debut, the group has launched 4 different albums. Jones additionally launched two albums as a solo artist, titled Black Trash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones and “Decade ‘…however wait it will get worse’” that includes artists comparable to Eminem, Raekwon, Redman, Canibus, and Omar Epps. He was additionally featured on Eminem’s Marshall Mathers LP and Snoop Dogg’s No Restrict Prime Dogg.
As an actor, Jones has been very profitable through the years. He has had roles in lots of films which have performed an enormous half in hip-hop tradition, in addition to in others which have turn into family names. For Sticky’s birthday, we right here at TheSource.com have compiled a listing of the highest 5 roles that he has been solid in:
Eddie Arithmetic: In 2004 Jones performed jail kingpin Eddie Arithmetic within the movie Doing Exhausting Time starring Boris Kodjoe
Scientific: In 1995 Jones was solid as Scientific within the Spike Lee Joint Clockers a couple of street-level drug seller who turns into entangled in a homicide investigation.
Tyrone: In 2000, Jones was casted as Deebo’s sidekick Tyrone in cult traditional Subsequent Friday.
Blade: In 2006, Jones was solid because the lead, Blade, within the Spike Tv rendition of the notorious Marvel antihero. The present ran 13 episodes.
Wink: In 2007, Jones was casted as Wink within the very talked-about online game ‘Def Jam: Icon’. His character had an enormous position within the plot line of the online game’s story mode.
