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Kirk Jones (born November 3, 1973), better known by his stage name Sticky Fingaz, is an American rapper, record producer and actor best known as a member of multi-platinum hardcore rap group Onyx. Sticky Fingaz was discovered by Jam Master Jay of Run-D.M.C. , who signed Onyx on his label JMJ Records provided that Sticky would be in the group.
Sticky Fingaz joined the group in 1991. They are best known for their 1993 platinum hit single "Slam", [2] which The Source magazine described as a song that introduced the art of slam dancing into hip-hop. [3] The group has released eight studio albums, three of which have charted in the Billboard 200 albums chart Top 25.
The article came out with the headline "Sticky Fingaz Brother/Rapper X1 Found Dead In Las Vegas." [ 10 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] On July 19, 2007, Bruce’s second son was born. As of now, X1's sons have not yet met.
Fredro produced a documentary about his mentor, Jam Master Jay, entitled Two Turntables and a Microphone: The Life and Death of Jam Master Jay and served as Executive Consultant on the Sticky Fingaz-directed Lionsgate hip hop musical feature film, A Day In The Life, which he also stars in. [63]
The phrase "United States Ghetto" or shorty "U.S.G." was made up by him. Suave is the designer of one of the very first logos of the Onyx group, used by group in 1992. Sonny Seeza also created the names "Sticky Fingaz" and "Mickey Billy" for the characters of Kirk Jones and Fredro Starr for the song "Stik 'N' Muve".
Bacdafucup: Part II is the first album released by Onyx after the group left Def Jam Recordings.Onyx returns after Sticky Fingaz, Fredro Starr and Sonny Seeza took time off to do solo albums and become film stars.
The second half, "But Wait It Gets Worse", is a reference to a lyric from Sticky's verse in Onyx's 1993 hit single "Slam" and was intended to help lead up to Sticky’s third solo album "A Day in the Life of Sticky Fingaz", which was released later in 2009. The song "I Love da Streets" was said to be Sticky's favorite song on the album.
In 1995, in an interview on BET's Teen Summit Sticky Fingaz explains the meaning of this song: "'Throw Ya Gunz' is a salute to hip hop. Just like in the army. Because this is war out there. So we are army. We got a 21-gun salute to all the people who is dead. It's not about pro-violence.