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Quincy jones iii5/27/2023 Along with QD3's father, Grammy winning producer Quincy Jones, they produced a documentary film, Feel Rich:Health is the New Wealth, that featured celebrities, hip hop icons, and medical and health professionals discussing wellness in the urban community. with partner Shawn Ullman, which aimed at promoting "health as the new wealth" to urban communities. In 2011, Jones co-founded the health and wellness lifestyle company Feel Rich, Inc. A Huffington Post review ranked it as one of the top five movies about hip-hop. Lil Wayne filed a lawsuit to prevent distribution because he wanted control over the final cut, but the case was dismissed by the judge. Jones is known for his documentary The Carter (2009), about rapper Lil Wayne. On 4 November 2009, Chamillionaire launched the Global Innovation Tournament 2009 with Jones at Stanford University as part of the Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar Series. Jones is also a hip hop DJ he released an album called Soundlab (1991). These explore the violence and feuds within hip hop culture. “And because y’all think and equate Fame and Money with decency, you ate it up like thirsty dogs, as he spewed out a lie about my father who’s not here to defend himself.Jones is the founder of QD3 Entertainment, which has produced a series of documentaries known collectively as Beef. “Q, was once a brilliant music producer who is losing his mind, and decided to garner publicity for himself with a sensationalized interview,” she wrote on February 8. Rain Pryor took to Facebook to defend her late father and called out Jones for his statements after the interview was published. The entertainment executive added: “I encourage you all to please grow with me & keep on keepin’ on.” Thank you for calling me out when I’ve clearly made a mistake.” “To my dear family & friends … thank you for your grace. “I’m sorry to anyone whom my words offended & I’m especially sorry to my friends who are still here with me & to those who aren’t,” he continued. The producer said that he privately reached out to his friends to apologize but felt the responsibility to release an apology since he is a public figure. “One of the hardest things about this situation is that this bad-mouthing has contradicted the very real messages I tried to relay about racism, inequality, homophobia, poverty…you name it.” Even at 85, it’s apparent that ‘wordvomit’ & bad mouthing is inexcusable,” he wrote in the statement. “When you’ve been fortunate enough to have lived such a long & crazy life, certain details about specific events come flooding back all at once. Jones also criticized Taylor Swift’s music and spoke openly about his dating life, saying he “ used to date” Ivanka Trumpand revealing that he has 22 girlfriends all over the world. The mogul opened up in interviews with GQ in January and Vulture earlier this month and made controversial comments about everything from his relationship with Michael Jackson, his dislike for The Beatles and President Trump to also making a claim about Richard Pryor’s intimate relationship with Marlon Brando. And I’m sorry and I’m not afraid to say it.” He added: “I am an imperfect human & I’m not afraid to say it. “A couple of weeks ago, my six daughters (who I’m beyond proud of) took me aside to do a surprise ‘family intervention’ because of some silly things I said in two recent interviews” Jones, 84, revealed. The music producer took to Twitter on Wednesday, February 22, to issue a heartfelt apology for his statements and to thank his family for their grace.
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