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Quincy Delight Jones III (aka '''QD3''' aka '''Snoopy''') is a Swedish - American Composer , Music Producer , Film Producer and Author . PERSONAL LIFE Born in 1968 to American music legend Quincy Jones and Swedish top model Ulla Andersson , Quincy III moved to Sweden at the age of 4 with his mother and older sister Martina Jones . Quincy grew up in a suburb south of Stockholm. He has described his upbringing as difficult. The break up of his parents' marriage and poor financial investments on the part of his mother were causes of instability. He rarely saw his father and witnessed his mother's struggle with Substance Abuse . He currently lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife and two children. CAREER While in his early teens, Quincy discovered Breakdancing . Quincy is regarded as one of the pioneers of the Swedish Hip Hop scene. He took the pseudonym Snoopy and together with Karl Dyall he had a hit with the Rap song "Next Time" in 1986 . The song was taken from the soundtrack of the cult movie '' Stockholmsnatt '' in which Quincy played the one of the lead characters. By the age of 16, he had earned his first gold record. At the age of seventeen, Quincy decided to relocate to the United States . There, he briefly attended his father's alma mater, the Berklee School Of Music . However, as the school did not offer what Quincy was looking for musically, he dropped out. He moved to the Bronx , where he lived with his friend T La Rock . Quincy practiced and perfected his craft at Power Play Studios with future Hip hop legends like Rakim and KRS-One . Within 7 years he had established himself as a respected producer and changed his pseudonym to QD3. He created tracks for many artists, including LL Cool J , Too Short , Ice Cube , Mack 10 , Westside Connection , K-Dee , Lench Mob , Tech N9ne and Tupac Shakur . He has also Scored films and television shows, including '' The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air '' and '' Menace II Society ''. QD3 has also produced a number of successful Hip-hop documentary films such as Thug Angel, The Freshest Kids, Beef, Beef II, Beef III, and the soon to be released Beef IV. TRIVIA
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