Miles Jones
What: Hip-Hop
Where: Toronto
CM Issue: July- August 2012
Visit: www.facebook.com/milesjonesmusic
You can call Miles Jones many things, but one thing you can’t call him is lazy. The Toronto hip-hop artist makes commercially appealing music with the playful lyrics that make artists like Shad so well loved while employing a DIY work ethic that would make the punk rock community envious.
Jones founded his own label and publishing company in 2004 and released his debut album, One Chance, two years later. Runaway Jones followed in 2009 and he’s been busy doing everything he can to get heard since then. This includes performing shows with the likes of Raekwon, KRS-One, Souls of Mischief, K-OS, and more where he lights up the stage with his DJ, DJ Serious. Jones has been pushing his music into the mainstream as well with song placements on TV shows like CSI and Rookie Blue. He’s played his positive and thoughtful jams on Olympic stages and watched his last album climb to number three on the iTunes Canada charts. Despite all that, he’s still not a household name. Then again, the only thing holding him back from larger stages and headlining tours is a successful single, and the songs on Runaway Jones indicate that he has the potential to deliver.
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