Fiend

American rapper and producer

PersonAge 50humanQ5447245

Also known as International Jones · Richard Jones · Sleepy Jones · Richard Anthony Jones, Jr. · Sleepy Eyes Jones

Born: May 13, 1976
Birthplace: New Orleans
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Citizenship: United States
Occupation: rapper
, record producer
, songwriter

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Richard Anthony Jones, better known by his stage name Fiend, is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. His debut album, I Won't Be Denied (1995), was released by the local record label Big Boy Records. He signed with its competitor, Master P's No Limit Records, to release the follow-up album, There's One in Every Family (1998). The latter peaked within the top ten of the Billboard 200 and was followed by his third album, Street Life (1999), which peaked at number 15 on the chart and served as his final release with No Limit.

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Sex or gender: male
Website: fienddigital.com
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Genre: Southern hip-hop
gangsta rap
dirty south
hardcore hip-hop
Label: Interscope Records
Start of work period: 1994
Pseudonym: Fiend script: Latin script
International Jones script: Latin script
Discography: Fiend discography
Different from: Fiend criterion used: nickname, stage name or pseudonym not unique
Richard Jones criterion used: personal name refers to multiple people
Birth name: Richard Anthony Jones, Jr. generational suffix: L252247-F2
Given name: Richard Anthony
Family name: Jones
Name in native language: Richard Jones
Social media followers: 34,874(February 7, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 22497754
34,013(February 28, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 22497754
33,135(January 1, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 22497754
33,177(April 19, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 22497754
Instrument: voice

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