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Kirk Jones is also the name of a man who survived a plunge over the Niagara Falls, without a flotation device, on October 20, 2003.

Kirk Jones (born April 3, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York), alias Sticky Fingaz or Sticky, is an American Rapper and actor, a member of hardcore Rap group Onyx. Although he was born in Brooklyn he lived in and represents Queens and is said to have lived in all the five boroughs of New York City.

Background

"Sticky Fingaz" is a moniker for rapper/actor Kirk Jones. The significance behind the alias is somewhat ambiguous, as Jones has reportedly mentioned various origins. Yet, it generally conveys the idea of theft. Possibly an allusion to his alleged lifestyle of robbery during adolescence. He is noted as saying "everything I touch I take".

Rap career

In 1992, Jones entered the Queens based rap group Onyx along with cousin Fredro Starr, Sonsee, and Big DS. In 1993 the group released their debut album entitled Bacdafucup. It proved to be a commercial success and eventually went multi-platinum, largely due to the well known single "Slam". Jones was considered the most lyrically skilled and anticipated member of the group, and usually appeared in the last verse of their songs. Both fans and critics alike took interest in Sticky's gritty, angry, violent lyrics which went right along with his loud, rough, attention-grabbing voice. Aside from this hardcore style, Jones is also known to be very intelligent and displays a mean-spirited sense of humor in his verses.

Since then he has released four other albums with Onyx as well as two solo albums. He released his debut solo album in 2001 which was titled Black Trash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones, a concept album that followed the (fictionalized) life of Kirk Jones in a story line fashion as he is released from prison and then ultimately his death. The album was a critical success being noted as very creative though it didn't gain much commercial recognition despite featuring well known artists such as Eminem, Raekwon, Redman and Canibus. 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 from Fredro Starr and Omar Epps.

He has also collaborated with various artists, including Eminem on his Marshall Mathers LP, and Snoop Doggy Dogg on No Limit Top Dogg. Also Big Pun, Mobb Deep, DMX, Xzibit, Method Man, Tupac Shakur.

Acting career

Jones was a regular on the short-lived UPN series Platinum as Grady Rhames. He also played the part of Pvt. Maurice "Smoke" Williams in the FX television series Over There, which depicts life as an American soldier in Iraq.

Jones also played a recurring role as Kern Little, a gang leader and hiphop musician/producer on the FX series The Shield.

He has also appeared in the Direct to Video and Sci-Fi Channel release, HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2.

Jones was recently cast as the half-human/half-vampire Blade in Blade: The Series, based on the Wesley Snipes movies premiering in 2006 on Spike TV.

He is currently working on a movie titled Karma, Confessions and Holi where he plays the character Rich Smooth. The film is based on the inner conflicts of relationships, which hitherto never spoken earlier, but in a festive atmosphere of Holi, each one loses the inhibitions. The relationships eventually come out stronger.

Took part in the remake of the movie "Flight Of The Phoenix"

Filmography

Actor

• House of the Dead 2: Dead Aim as Dalton
• Flight of the Phoenix (2004) as Jeremy
• Doing Hard Time as Eddie Mathematic
• Gas (film) as Craig
• Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood as Cedric
• Flossin as Himself
• Ride or Die as Demise
• Malibooty as Raymond
• Hot Parts as Toby
• Reality Check as Brock
• L.A.X. as Leon

Black and White as Himself MacArthur Park as E-Max Lift as Quik Lockdown as Broadway The Price of Air as D Boricua's Bond

• Next Friday as Tyrone
• The Playaz Court as T-Bone
• True Vinyl as Power Z
• Game Day

In Too Deep as Ozzie New Yorker, Le as Harlem Homeboy

• Ride as Brotha X
• Dead Presidents as Martin
• Clockers as Scientific

Television shows featuring Sticky Fingaz

"Over There" playing "Maurice (Smoke) Williams " as a regular major cast member. "The Shield" playing "Kern Little" in episode: "Blood and Water" "The Shield" playing "Kern Little" in episode: "Playing Tight" (episode # 3.1) "The Shield" playing "Kern Little" in episode: "Inferno" (episode # 2.11) "Just Cause" in episode: "Fading Star" (episode # 1.11) "The Twilight Zone" playing "Rickey" in episode: "Harsh Mistress" (episode # 1.13) "The Shield" playing "Kern Little" in episode: "Carnivores" (episode # 1.11) "The Shield" playing "Kern Little" in episode: "Dawg Days" (episode # 1.4) "18 Wheels of Justice" playing "Shooter" in episode: "Two Eyes for an Eye" (episode # 1.11) "The Parkers" playing "'D' Dwayne" in episode: "It's a Family Affair" (episode # 1.11) "Nash Bridges" playing "Mario Baptiste" in episode: "Get Bananas" (episode # 5.8) "413 Hope St." in episode: "Lost Boys and Gothic Girls" (episode # 1.8) "New York Undercover" playing "Assassin" in episode: "No Place Like Hell" (episode # 3.23) "New York Undercover" playing "Khail" in episode: "You Get No Respect" (episode # 1.17)

Albums

Solo

With Onyx

Radio

• Recorded a public service announcement for Deejay Ra's 'Hip-Hop Literacy' campaign, encouraging reading about Jam Master Jay

External links

• Official Website

• Interview with Kirk "Sticky" Jones at blackfilm.com's site Blade: The Series Interview

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