Kidada Jones

Kidada Ann Jones (/kiːˈdɑː.də/)[1] (born March 22, 1974) is an American actress, model, and fashion designer. Jones works as a designer for The Walt Disney Company, where she has a line known as Kidada for Disney Couture. Jones is a daughter of composer Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton.

Kidada Jones
Born
Kidada Ann Jones

(1974-03-22) March 22, 1974
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationFashion Institute for Design and Merchandising (attended)
Occupation
  • Actress
  • model
  • fashion designer
Years active1994–present
Spouse(s)
Jeffrey Nash
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(m. 2003; div. 2006)​
Partner(s)
Parent(s)Quincy Jones
Peggy Lipton
RelativesRashida Jones (sister)
Quincy Jones III (half-brother)
Kenya Kinski-Jones (half-sister)

Early life and education

The elder daughter of composer/arranger Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton,[2][3] Jones was born in Los Angeles, California. Jones was raised in Bel-Air with her younger sister Rashida, who is now an actress and screenwriter. Jones attended the Los Angeles Fashion Institute for Design and Merchandising and left at age 19 to work with the designer Tommy Hilfiger.[4] She is Jewish on her mother's side, and African-American on her father's side.[5][6][7][8] Lipton's parents were Harold Lipton (1911–1999), a corporate lawyer, and Rita Benson (1912–1986), an artist.[9][10]

Career

Kidada Jones began working as a celebrity stylist for her father's publication Vibe magazine. She gained attention when she styled Michael Jackson for the cover of Vibe in 1995.[11] She was recruited by designer Tommy Hilfiger, who launched a successful ad campaign centered on Jones and a group of her friends (including Aaliyah, Tamia, Kate Hudson, Nicole Richie, and Oliver Hudson). She worked as his muse for eight years.[4] Jones' fashion work included designing a clothing line for Snoop Dogg for three years.[4] Jones also appeared during this period as a model in such fashion magazines as Elle, Vogue, and Harper's Bazaar.

Since 2005, Jones has been working with The Walt Disney Company, designing for Kidada for Disney Couture. W magazine described this as "a line of clothing and jewelry for adults sold at boutiques" and said that Jones acts "as a conduit to hip tastemakers the brand might otherwise miss."[4] According to Jim Calhoun, Disney's executive vice president of consumer products, North America, "Kidada is not just one of those people that points out what's cool. She has a real hand in making things cool."[4] She also consults on Disney projects.

In 2017, Jones published School of Awake,[12] a book meant to empower young girls. Jones appeared on Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul Sunday.[13]

Personal life

Jones dated rapper and actor LL Cool J from 1992 to 1994. In his autobiography, I Make My Own Rules, LL Cool J stated that he ended their relationship because of her spiritual beliefs. "She would go to an ashram, consult a guru, and pray to statues," he said.[14][15]

Jones was the girlfriend to rapper and actor Tupac Shakur prior to his death.[16] She was waiting for Shakur in their Las Vegas hotel room when he was shot on September 7, 1996[16] and was at the hospital with Shakur when he ultimately died from his injuries six days later.[17]

She was married to Jeffrey Nash from 2003 until 2006.[4]

References
  1. Rashida and Kidada Jones on Throwing the Ultimate Sisters Soiree, Banana Republic, 12 December 2018, retrieved 27 August 2019 – via Youtube
  2. Lipton, Peggy (2005). Breathing Out. St. Martin's Press. pp. 15, 18. ISBN 978-0312324131.
  3. "Rashida Jones". Who Do You Think You Are?. Season 3. Episode 10. 4 May 2012. NBC.
  4. Heyman, Marshall Heyman (August 2008). "ot Kidding Around; Designer Kidada Jones has found fulfillment in an unlikely role: making Disney cool for grown-ups". W Magazine. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  5. Demist, Robert (March 19, 1972). "'Bored? Creatively I'm Bored, But... '". The New York Times. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  6. Hutchings, David (April 4, 1988). "Can You Dig It? the Mod Squad's Peggy Lipton, One Marriage and 15 Years Later, Returns to Acting". PEOPLE. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  7. "Jews Making News: Rashida Jones, Isla Fisher". Atlanta Jewish Times. July 1, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  8. Wilkins, Barbara (March 17, 1975). "Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton: Death Nearly Did Them Part". PEOPLE. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  9. Solitary Muser (2012). "Rashida Jones, Who do you think you are?".
  10. David Hutchings (1988). "Can You Dig It? the mod squad's Peggy Lipton, One marriage and fifteen years later, returns to acting". People Magazine. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014.
  11. Ngangura, Tari (6 March 2018). "Kidada Jones Is One of the Most Underrated People Behind 'Black Cool'". Vice. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  12. "SCHOOL OF AWAKE". New World Library. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  13. "Kidada Jones' School of Awake". Super Soul Sunday. Harpo Productions. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  14. J, L. L. Cool; Hunter, Karen (1998-09-15). I Make My Own Rules. Macmillan. ISBN 9780312967314.
  15. Goldman, Andrew (21 September 2012). "The Pop Diplomacy of Quincy Jones". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  16. Anson, Robert Sam (March 1997). "To Die Like A Gangsta". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  17. "Kurupt, Kevin Powell Relive Hearing Tupac Might Die". Death Row Chronicles. BET Network. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
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