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Kidada Jones
Born
Kidada Ann Jones

(1974-03-22) March 22, 1974 (age 50)
Fashion Institute for Design and Merchandising
(attended)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • fashion designer
Years active1994–present
Spouse
Jeffrey Nash
​
​
(m. 2003; div. 2006)​
Partners
Parents
Relatives

Kidada Ann Jones (/kɪˈdɑːdə/ kih-DAH-də;[1] born March 22, 1974) is an American actress, model, and fashion designer. She works as a designer for The Walt Disney Company, and has a line there known as Kidada for Disney Couture. Jones is a daughter of record producer Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton.

Early life and education

The elder daughter of the marriage between composer/arranger Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton,[2][3] Jones was born in Los Angeles, California. She is Jewish on her mother's side, and African-American on her father's side.[4][5][6][7] Lipton's parents were Harold Lipton, a corporate lawyer, and Rita Benson, an artist.[8][5]

Jones was raised in

Fashion Institute for Design and Merchandising and left at age 19 to work with the designer Tommy Hilfiger.[10]

Career

Kidada Jones began working as a celebrity stylist for her father's publication Vibe magazine. She gained attention when she styled pop star 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.[10] Jones' fashion work included designing a clothing line for Snoop Dogg for three years.[10] 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".[10] 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."[10] She also consults on Disney projects.

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

Personal life

Jones dated rapper and actor LL Cool J from 1992 to 1994.[14] In his autobiography, I Make My Own Rules, LL Cool J stated that he ended their relationship because they "didn't believe the same things".[15] "She praised a guru and statues, and I praise God," he said.[15]

Jones dated rapper and actor Tupac Shakur in 1996.[16] They lived together for four months up until his death.[17] She was in their Las Vegas hotel room when he was shot on September 7, 1996,[16] and she was at the hospital with Shakur when he ultimately died from his injuries six days later.[18]

In 1999, Jones dated actor Leonardo DiCaprio.[19] She was married to actor Jeffrey Nash from 2003 until 2006.[10]

Jones had a close friendship with singer and actress Aaliyah whom she met while modeling for Tommy Hilfiger.[20][21]

References

  1. ^ Rashida and Kidada Jones on Throwing the Ultimate Sisters Soiree, Banana Republic, December 12, 2018, archived from the original on December 21, 2021, retrieved August 27, 2019 – via Youtube
  2. ISBN 978-0312324131
    .
  3. Who Do You Think You Are?
    . Season 3. Episode 10. May 4, 2012. NBC.
  4. ^ Demist, Robert (March 19, 1972). "'Bored? Creatively I'm Bored, But... '". The New York Times. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  5. ^ a b 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.
  6. ^ "Jews Making News: Rashida Jones, Isla Fisher". Atlanta Jewish Times. July 1, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  7. ^ Wilkins, Barbara (March 17, 1975). "Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton: Death Nearly Did Them Part". PEOPLE. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  8. ^ Solitary Muser (2012). "Rashida Jones, Who do you think you are?".
  9. ISBN 978-0-7679-0510-7
    .
  10. ^ a b c d e f Heyman, Marshall Heyman (August 2008). "Not Kidding Around; Designer Kidada Jones has found fulfillment in an unlikely role: making Disney cool for grown-ups". W Magazine. Archived from the original on July 22, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  11. ^ Ngangura, Tari (March 6, 2018). "Kidada Jones Is One of the Most Underrated People Behind 'Black Cool'". Vice. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  12. ^ "SCHOOL OF AWAKE". New World Library. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  13. ^ "Kidada Jones' School of Awake". Super Soul Sunday. Harpo Productions. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  14. ^ Goldman, Andrew (September 21, 2012). "The Pop Diplomacy of Quincy Jones". The New York Times. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  15. ^
    ISBN 978-0-312-17110-0
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  16. ^ a b Anson, Robert Sam (March 1997). "To Die Like A Gangsta". Vanity Fair. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  17. ISBN 978-0-385-48896-9
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  18. ^ "Kurupt, Kevin Powell Relive Hearing Tupac Might Die". Death Row Chronicles. BET Network. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  19. ^ LaCroix, Emy (May 19, 2023). "Quincy Jones' 7 Children: Everything to Know". People. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  20. ISBN 978-1-9821-5684-8
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  21. ^ "Aaliyah met her best friend Kidada Jones while they were modelling for Tommy Hilfiger". Capital XTRA. Retrieved June 15, 2022.

External links

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