Setting Things Straight
Posted by Bossip Staff
Jim Jones made the cover of Complex Magazine and in the interview he sets the record straight about his stacks, music and beef:
You have a guest role on the Starz show Crash. What else are you getting into for ’09?
Jim Jones: Well, the sky’s the limit, man. There are so many things I want to do. We just started a comedy division together: me, Dame and Mike Epps. We’re getting ready to do the big concert with Epps, and we got a soundtrack to the comedy show. It’s called From Hollywood to Harlem—it should be really funny. Mike Epps is brilliant. I want to explore the movie world through comedy and try to get in that way. Not too many people know me in Hollywood, and that’s the place I need to be. I need everybody to know me.
And what about the play you’re starring in?
Jim Jones: I’m doing a play called Hip-Hop Monologues Off-Broadway. It’s something we derived for my new album. You know how everybody does a listening session and all the publicity comes through, and there’s a little bit of liquor there, and they play the music? I got tired of doing that; I wanted to do something very different. Something to gain people’s attention ’cause I want this album to be a real success. We’re going to do the best verses that fit the situation out of all the songs to pull this play off, and then we’re going to have a full stage set, the backgrounds, and are just going to paint the whole picture. But for the most part, I’ll be how John Leguizamo was in Freak; I’ll be the center of attention.
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Speaking of attention, Max B has been going hard at you lately. He even has a site for it, f*ckjimjones.com. How do you feel about that?
Jim Jones: It’s cool. Anything he tries to do, I can either shut it down or get paid for it. I own him, all his publishing, all his contracts. He sold me his publishing to get out of jail. He called me crying on the phone saying, “If you bail me out, I’ll sell you all my publishing and do whatever I got to do.” He damn near said, “I’d suck your d*ck like a crackhead to get out of jail.” [Laughs.] So you can imagine how frustrated I am, the way I’m living. I got 50 grand in my book bag, and we ain’t even at a video shoot.
Meanwhile, your relationship with Cam’ron is at a standstill. It seems like that souring has had the most effect on you.
Jim Jones: It’s definitely hard, because that’s my n*gga, that’s my brother. We rolled together for a very long time, and there are things I remember we said that we would never do. And now that we’ve got so much success, we’re doing all the things we watched people do and said that wouldn’t be us. It’s the ego; it has to be. This is a question I’ve asked myself over and over again. That’s the only way I see it. Amongst everything else, there was a couple things said on my part, but I can do that if I want to. Above all, I kept it fair; I could really expose sh*t, but that’s not what I’m here for. Once your ego becomes bigger than money, you can’t get anywhere. It’s a sad thing—we’ve built so much. Everywhere around the world, people know the Diplomats as a strong entity. And it’s at a halt due to the fact we’ve been going back and forth through this minute bullsh*t.
It sounds like Jim does have a lot on his plate right now and whether he can make that transition into main stream Hollyweird remains to be seen.
It wouldn’t be a bad idea to chop those cornrows off and take a decent razor to that scruffy @ss beard to get things started, though.
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“How to Cheat On Your Girlfriend and get away with it” Classic progressive material….
(CAM’RON VOICE ) HARLEM WORLD ALL DAY B!
No disrespect to Jim but does that article say “How to cheat on your girl.. and get away with it?” No wonder my man reads that magazine so damn much, Honey Imma bust ya ass when I get home, you Bastard!!!
He still looks dirty AND he borrowed Beyonce’s gloves
he looks really clean and mature….i likey…..but elz is my boo though! and he seems to be loyal.where the hell is camron
its obvious he is wearing expensive clothes. the tailoring is impeccable and the gloves are very Euro-Money .. but still, some how the sweaty snoopy manages to make them look like just as cheap and filthy as he looks. i hereby order himself to go purify in the waters of lake minnetonka. STAT
WHY do this fool always look SNAGGA TOOFED?!!!!
and he look like he STANK!
Heeeeeeeeey Nikkster!
Heeey Nikkster!
lol @nikki u
hey ermy erm
I thought I was the only one who thought that cat looked grimey. Geez…clean yourself up, cut your hair, grow up already. Yuck!
Great clothes or not. This dirt ball still looks like his ole dirt ball self. Once a corner bum always a corner bum. He needs more than clothes and money to clean up well. Dame D. is starting to look like a dude that just came home from jail and is still stuck back in the day when sh*t was really good.
HOLY SHIT! He has a shirt on, he’s not dripping with sweat and he looks like he shaved and showered… take that back he still didn’t shave. But with all that said he is still UGLY AS HELL! He get’s no play from me!
I’m not a fan of this dude. He’s a fasion diva, and he looks dirty all the time… Bad combination. I also think he looks like the dirty real life version of Riley from the Boondocks.
He still looks dirty.
cut his head off… he’d be fly!
He needs to jump in the shower with ol dude from “Why Must I Cry?” That bathing scene would be perfect for him.
He looks like he has a cloud of dust following him.
Still humming “Josephine Johnny” from watching Mya’s video & the fish tank scene.
I take that back…humming Dirty Dee anthem from Pootie Tang.
“Low down dirt-tay, low down dirt-tay….”
2cute, how r u honey bunny…
CAPO U MITE BE FROM HARLEM BUT U DISLOYAL TO CAM B !!!!
I LOVE THIS N**GA…….GO BOO!!!!!!!!!
I SEE HE IS REALLY TRYIN TO GET INTO HOLLYWOOD…WE MIGHT BE LOOKIN AT THE NEXT WILL SMITH…
@Hannibal… you can’t be serious?
LMAO @ Pynk!!!
What jim jones need to do is get them braids fixed before he has any to say..Apperance is everything..And something he aint got.. I know, I know hes gangsta or whateva LOL..well “HEY” gangsta get that head fix..then talk about something..
COME ON PEOPLE…HE MIGHT BE THE NEXT DENZEL WASHINGTON…
I have to agree with Hannibal (How ironic) he just might blow up. Look at Cherlize Thron, she was just a dumb blonde model, so they say, now she is a oscar winner, how ironic
aww, i luv jimmy..hes reelly tryna eat and get his money..he’s jut tryna get in where he fit in..i wish him the best..i really do miss the dayz when the Dips were all togetha..i wuz soooo in love wit em all..i still am, but it aint da same..i miss camron too, they jus need to put all dat otha shit behind dem and get dis money, ya digg..A! lol
Well I must be the only chick that thinks he looks comletely DO-ABLE!! Maybe it’s a NY thing, but I don’t like my men all manicured up and ish. I don’t need them in the mirror more than me!! But I do need them to bathe, hence my prior reservation with Jimmy.
But lets face it, Jimmy was a lil pretty boy growing up and he hated it. So, then came the dirty rock star image, that I’m really not feeling.
But he is still fine as hell (way better than Jay-Z, Kanye, Lil – well any of the lil’s).
Jimmy can NOW GET IT! Loving the pic with the arms up against the fence…I know that’s right papi….
@Lady D… I swear he says the most off the wall stuff!!!
@Hanni you are a nut
I’m goin’ against the grain to say I like this n*gga here… he’s confident, original, and stays on his grizzy… more than can be said for lotta other so-called rap cats…
nikki is fine
EXXON
I AGREE…
jim jones is starting to look more gay I thought cam was tghe only fag in dipset maybe not looks like jim jones and cam were lovers why else would they break up.
Pynk…
I crack up at almost all the stuff he says… Stil LMAO @ both of y’all
“HOW TO CHEAT ON YOUR GIRLFRIEND AND GET AWAY WITH IT”…THATS KINDA EASY…
@Hannibal… I’m sad…=(
He couldn’t even clean up for a magazine cover? SMH @ Complex Magazine.
nigga still wack
im fkn sorry
IF YOUR SAD…THEN LOOK AT THE POST TITLED SINGLE LADIES: FLATLINE…IM SURE IT WILL CHEER U UP…
Who me??
Heeeyyyyyy 6…
Hunny Buttom I have to disagree with you this time…
Hello Erm & Brook & Auntie!!
Hey Nikki!!!!
He’s about an inch away from being cute…
Nope I’m happy!
I think J.J. would be kinda aiight if he cut his hair… he knows how to dress.
NIK my main… anyway, some grass cuttin’ goin’ on and it ain’t cool… I’m gonna have to start puttin’ the word out soon cuz they don’t know ’bout…
So other than me, Pynk’s the only one that recognizes this n*gga can dress?
Jim looks like he about to dance wit a guy or somethin….look at this fool, how he takes his glove-off, he did it for the BOYZ..you seen him & Juelz (wack-ass )pourin champaigne on each-other….this man aint Hollywood, this HOLLY wants WOOD…..lol ONE!
@6 figgaz
Yea, he’s got style! That’s why in one of the pix where he’s in the doorway he looks good… (ugh did I just say that…?)
He knows how to dress. But only when it matters. At his concerts he’s broke down and uck.
I am sorry Jim Jones Who ?????
Jim Jones is a bum-ass rapper who is getting
sold pipe dreams from an ex mogul who is broke and
a joke.
I grew up seeing Jim jones around harlem and he has always looked like this LOL…Harlem 110th East…he aint never gonna change and frankly thats just SAD!..Shout to by boy Julez though DIP SET!
JIM JONES IS THE NEXT TUPAC…
Man who gives a rat ass?! This fool has NO future in Hollywood let alone music.. If Diddy can’t even get a major production movie at this point why the hell would this fool think he could even get a sitcom. Y’all see how fast they cancelled Flav’s Upn 9 show. Jim Jones has NO chance. (period)
It’s just sad and true. Every rapper wants to be an actor.. Thats why I say stay in school! I know I’m going back!
IF 50 CENT CAN BE AN ACTOR…SO CAN JIM JONES…
Mr. Figgaz…
Hunny I can see that the clothes he has on in these pictures are nice but he makes them look sullied. I wish I could picture you in that blue blazer and collar…oh well…
Oh…you betta let them know…don’t covet thy neighbor
His gloves are vicious tho…
Even cleaned up he looks dirty.
Nice outfits though.
who the f*ck reads complex? i mean really….
Pynk…
Yes, because they are Beyonce’s
i bet you he gets in the shower 3 times a day and he still stinks!!!!
Why does he refuse to take baths before leaving the house? Did he know that he would be on the cover of a magazine that morning? I hope not
Yo Boy JJ is just that a BOY.
That kat should know he do not need DD to do his thing.
When he starts to realize he needs to be down for self and not the leaches, he will learn he aint sh*t without Dip Set, even though I never liked that Pink Punk Cam.
@Nikki
LOL… why you hating on that ugly man’s gloves? I want a pair of those.
Dame and Jim, please remember to wipe front to back, get your annual pap smears, and vinegar and water are the safety type of douche. These pussies really need to clean up their act.
whoa, i need to check me some clothes like those.
whoa, i need to check me some clothes like those.
he looks a hot mess,really dont know much about this person,looks old and dirty,with nice clothes on.
For a cat that can’t spit, Jones sure does get a lot of pub!
he looks like a dirty a-rab
He still looks grimey but he still has a sexy swag about him.
IS HE GAY?
I really dont care too much for his rapping but if he thinks he can act go for it.
im feeling that whole outfit the topic in the magazine not so much. smh
Thats a good look for him! He looks cute;) His swag is always on a hunnit anyways, dress game and style stays on point!!!
Jim Jones is damn hott! whoever says different is just hating. his body is Banging!!! let me guess i bet most of u think camel face looks better…I think not. JIMMY ALL THE WAY!!look wise that is, he never said he was a lyricist he just making money..
He is so dirty lookin…I thought I was the only one seeing his dirty ass…that don’t make any since…how are you going to beef with someone and it look like you don’t take a bath…IDK my BFF
you can put a silk hat on a pig, but it’s still a pig.
Props to the stage play idea, it was a good idea…yeah, idea. The implementation?…judging from the clips I saw, it didn’t take much longer after the good idea phase to go bad.
“Best lyrics?” Does he have that many? Maybe a few…we all know his subject matter and flow, nothing great. His albums don’t sell that much. I know I’m sounding like him right now (a hater), but if he gave music that was truely worthy beyond 1 hot single and a lukewarm follow up, he’d have the success and sales he really wants. Worthy music is more than hot beats (at least he seems to get a few of those).
JIM STOP GETTING ROBBED.
@HANNIBAL WELCOME BACK HOME NOW GET THEM HOE BOOTS ON.
Jim Jones looks dirty.
Jim Jones still looks nasty as Hell,dirty bastard!!
JIM JONES LOOKS STICKY AND WHEN HE TAKE OFF HIS BOXERS EVERY ONCE A WEEK YOU CAN HEAR SMACKING SOUNDS A BLOCK AWAY.
JIMMY JONES LOOKS STICKY AND WHEN HE TAKE OFF HIS BOXERS EVERY ONCE A WEEK YOU CAN HEAR SMACKING SOUNDS A BLOCK AWAY.
I thought you were suppose to bathe before you put on a suit…. smh
I saw part of the hiphop play. The concept was good, but the directing was bad. Jim Jones does have vision though. A few more acting classes a good bath and a new director, he could be on to something.
LOOK AT THIS NIGGA : He looks sweet as ish, an DIRTY!!, nah thats goin too far, he looks like the only words to describe his ass is Dusty, Musky, SKUZZY( thats beyond dirty ), and fruity-gay.. Lookin like he about to tear some OG’s ass out the frame..lol POP CHAMPAIGNE…PLEEZ!! All you wanna do is pour it on either Juels or Geeky Zeeky’s ass…lol bitchazz!!!!!
THE PSEUDO-SOPHISTICATED SWAG AINT WORKIN’ FOR THIS BISCUIT-ASS NICCA
HE STILL THAT SAME DIPSTICK DIPSET NICCA WHOSE ONLY CLAIM TO FAME IS “BALLLLLLLIN’”
Talk bout swagger Jackin. That aint him and don’t blame the stylist neiva, cuz he put dat sh#t on himself. Fkn Pozer!
come on yall,yall running outta lyrics with that take a bath shit.