Joseph Guillermo Jones II(born July 15, 1976), better known by his stage name Jim Jones is an American rapper, and original member of The Diplomats, also known as Dipset. He is Co-CEO of Diplomat Records.  Jones is also a noted video director under the name of CAPO, for artists including Cam'ron, Remy Ma and State Property.

In 2004 he released his first solo album On My Way to Church. The release of his second album, Harlem: Diary of a Summer in 2005, coincided with Jones landing an executive position in A&R at Warner Brothers Records. A year later he was on his third album which spawned his biggest single to date "We Fly High". He formed his own rap group ByrdGang.

Jim Jones was born in The Bronx to a Puerto Rican father and a Aruban mother and grew up in Harlem.  In an essay for Fader magazine, he stated that his mother would allow him to ride the train from their residence at 176th and Jerome Avenue to 110th Street and Lexington Avenue.  He attended Catholic school but later began cutting church to loiter and play hooky at the train station.  Jones grew up idolizing fellow rapper, Eminem. In 1999 he told Vibe magazine that "the real slim shady" inspired him to become a full scale hip-hop artist.Has a son named Marvin Jean and Daniel Hudson.