Michael "Mike" Jones was born January 6, 1981. Mike Jones is an American southern rap artist, who initially was affiliated with the record label Swishahouse, then left to be the owner of Ice Age Entertainment.
Before he was on Swishahouse he was in a group called Souf Folk and his alias was "Sache". Mike Jones has released one album with Souf Folk called Country Thuggin.
Mike Jones originally wanted to be a National Basketball Association player who rapped on the side. Mike Jones transferred many times, forcing him to only play in YMCA leagues due to transfer rules after the 9th Grade. Jones dropped out of high school and briefly took jobs at fast food restaurants. Jones worked at a Compaq plant and sold cell phones from an apartment on Antoine Drive. T. Brown, Jones's partner in several financial ventures, said that he sold some "dimebags" for six months, but they mainly bought "T-Mobile Sidekicks" and sold them for an inexpensive price.
Mike Jones often visited his grandmother's house in the Studewood (an area of Houston). Mike Jones credited her for giving him the ideas to pursue rap, to use his real name, and to write songs for strippers. While a student at Sunlake High School in Florida got written up for repeatedly shouting "Mike Jones" in class.
In an interview with HitQuarters, Swishahouse A&R T Farris recounted how Mike Jones and the label first came together, "I met Mike Jones in a strip club. I heard him on one of my partner’s mix tapes and I wanted to meet him and try to get him to rap on our mix tapes. We linked up, signed him ..."
An influential early champion was disc jockey DJ Casual from Meredian Mississippi who was the first person to play Mike Jones on the radio. He loved what Mike Jones was doing and passed it on to several fellow DJs.
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