Rapper Jim Jones To Become NYC High School Teacher

Dipset's Jim Jones has announced plans to trade in his Capo status for an eight-week run as a New York City high school instructor later this year.

According to Jones, he will be overseeing a group of students and instructing a music class in the near future.

"Yeah, should I make them call me Mr. Jones? I'll be teaching for eight weeks, I'll be teaching a real curriculum, right now they're actually going back and forth with the Board of Education to see what goes on and sh*t. I fully don't know the whole logistics of everything -- it's definitely going to be fun...I'ma have to go home the weekend before and write out my lessons -- this will be the funnest class you can go to and sh*t but you gonna learn a lot. We all went to school, n*ggas didn't like homework, but we knew every single song that was out. Word for word, ad libs, all that...I think they'll get this common sense. Music 101 I guess [is the course title.] I've done music business since I was a teenager, I had major executive positions, I've been successful as an artist and successful as a label, we've been successful as a movement..." (Rap Radar)

Last December, Jones left his post at Columbia Records for independent distributor E1 Music.

XXLMag.com has learned that Dipset Capo Jim Jones has left Columbia Records and recently signed a deal to release his next solo studio album on E1 Music, formerly known as Koch Records. According to the contract, the Harlem rapper will also drop a mixtape vie E1 as well. Jones has a long history with the E1. Along with releasing a handful of records on the imprint, last January he was appointed vice president of urban A&R. (XXL Mag)

He also spoke on his position as an executive at E1 last year.

"The A&R gig is really good," Jones said in an interview. "We've got a lot going on over there. I've got a new artist called Dorrough. His songs are doing pretty good across the country. Webstar did a duet album with me that's got 'Dancing On Me.' D-Block just dropped an album. Shout out to [DJ] Khaled too. They've got a strong roster. They recognize all the money I've made them and all of the moves I've made throughout the years over the course of our relationship. They understand the way I have to work. Freedom is definitely a must for me to get the best quality of product that's usually a hit...I'm starting to prepare to record the next album. I'm finishing up the Webstar album, Roof Top right now. I will be putting out my next LP hopefully around Christmas time." (Artist Direct)

Last month, Jones opened up about Dipset's legacy in the rap game.

"This is hustling music. I just remember the days when n*ggas used to love to hustle. What we did as Diplomats, as a whole, me, Cam, Juelz, Freekey, we're one of the last of the Mohicans for Harlem, upholding that thing," Jones said in an interview. "We bring a lot to the table as far as the fame and the history as of recent and in the last decade. That's 'us' up there, holla at us. We got equal share to that, we feel like we harder when it comes to the streets, you don't see too much of us often. So get a good look at us like I've been saying. [laughs] Life is a hustle to me, I'm a hustler, man. Hustle is just about getting money man. It doesn't matter what it is that you're hustling. I'm going for mines. Right now I've been doing music. I've been doing entertainment." (Vlad TV)

Last night (March 11) XXLMag.com was on hand to preview Jim Jones’s long-awaited mixtape, The Ghost of Rich Porter.

Tentatively scheduled to be available for free download on March 23, the 19-track project features appearances by Gucci Mane, Juelz Santana, Shawty Lo and Joell Ortiz, among others. The tape includes all new, original beats, except for “Harlem Forever,” which finds the Capo, Santana and Tobb Cobain over Drake’s smash single “Forever.”

Along with the mixtape, Jones is also working on a movie called The Ghost of Harlem. “It’s a love story about Harlem,” he told XXL. “…It’s a fast paced world,” he said of his hometown, “from the money to the girls to the jewelry to the drug dealing to the fast cars…[yet] getting on the flip side it’s still a hood. There’s a lot of crack abuse, there’s a lot of drug abusers, single parent homes, project living.”

Jimmy confirmed with XXL that he’s trying to get Asher Roth involved in the DVD, which he hopes will be ready to hit stores by September. —Elan Mancini with reporting by Rondell Conway

Peep The Ghost of Rich Porter Tracklisting below

1. Intro
2. Oh Yeah[Intro]
3. Hit ‘Em Up feat Mel Matrix, N.O.E. & Chink Santana
4. Haunted feat. Gucci Mane & Sen City
5. Alchemist Freestyle
6. Coke Rush [2 Da Connects]
7. Bussa Move feat. Mel Matrix, Shootah & Hard Luck
8. Harlem Forever feat. Juelz Santana & Tobb Cobain
9. How Life Go feat. Sen City, Rell & JR Writer
10. Skit
11. Black on Black feat Sen City & ATM
12. Cocaine Dreams feat. Chink Santana & Joell Ortiz
13. Legends feat N.O.E.
14. Money on My Mind feat. Sandman & Young Handsome
15. Penicillin feat. Sen City& Shawty Lo
16. Chasin’ the Paper feat. Shootah, Hard Luck & Oshy
17. Younger feat. Sen City
18. Paper Chase feat Mel Matrix & Chink Santana
19. Rosary feat. Oshy