Rapper J-Kwon has gone missing, according to a press release from the St. Louis native’s label.
According to the release, the 24-year-old’s label, Gracie Productions, has been unable to reach him for over a month.
Anyone with information on the matter is urged to send in tips. A Twitter account, @WhereIsJkwon, has been set up to provide updates.
“J-Kwon is a big part of the Gracie family, and we are obviously increasingly worried and want to make sure he is ok,” says Gracie Productions CEO/President Tony Bucher. “We’ve already received thousands of emails from fans and supporters who are worried about J-Kwon, and we want everyone to know how much we appreciate the love and support. If anyone has seen J-Kwon or has access to him, please let him know we are worried about him, and to please let us know everything is ok.”
After his 2004 album, Hood Hop, which featured the smash hit “Tipsy,” J-Kwon released two projects in 2009 on Gracie Productions: Hood Hop 2 and Hood Hop 2.5. His self-titled album is set to hit stores on March 23, 2010 via One Records.
For more information, go to www.myspace.com/jkwon and www.gracieprod.com.
UPDATE: People close to J-Kwon revealed to DX Wednesday afternoon that recently, the rapper had been reclusive, isolating himself from friends, family and business partners. Sources hint that the former So So Def artist may have been struggling with emotional issues.
UPDATE: March 4th, J-Kwon contacted his label, Gracie Entertainment. The rapper declined making a public statement, but the following comes from Dorian Washington, co-CEO of Gracie and CEO of D.Wash Management: “I am very happy to let everyone know that I personally spoke with J-Kwon today, and he is okay. He’d like to send a sincere apology to his friends and everyone who showed concern this week. He was taking some time to himself as he sometimes does, not realizing that people would start to worry after a while. A few days out of touch versus a month is quite a difference. Right now he just wants to keep doing what he’s doing, and will be more available for those who care about him. We thank you again for your outreach, and we are relieved to know he’ll be alright.”
HipHopDX will keep you updated.
WHO CARES SORRY BUT HE WASNT THAT GREAT HE PROBABLY JUNKIED OUT SOMEWERE
EVERY LAST ONE OF Y’ALL GO KILL YA SELVES..REAL TALK…FUCKING INTERNET GEEKS….THE MAN IS MISSING AND Y’ALL BASING THAT SHIT OFF MUSIC…GET A LIFE…GET PUSSY…GET MONEY…BUT GET THE FUCK OUT WITH THAT HATING SHIT..REAL FUCKIN TALK
co sign
co sign with THE REAL
kidnapped? hmm..
hmmm. i know a raekwon. . . .
I smell a publicity stunt……
It doesn’t even sound like he’s missing. Just someone he owes money to is looking for him.
*ditto*
Isn’t this the way its supposed to be…
lol…
A month? Nigga been missin for 6 years
If he isn’t really missing, I think its kinda tasteless with recent events that happened with Andrew Koenig(Boner from Growing Pains.)
If he is missing, I feel sorry for his peoples. Thats an empty feeling.
This nigga BEEN lost…
I read this same shit on one of my aug 04 issues of the source
Dat Nigga going turn up dead fo sho
He’s dead for sure
Prob chillin with chingy and dfl in milk box land…don’t wish death on the man though
Has there been a police report filed? If not, there is no validity to this story.
Really huh…
Not to be an asshole, but at least somebody cares. Dude is wack. He probably went on a Dave Chappelle mission to find himself or somethin. either that or he’s goin through some depression. honestly, he aint important enough to be kidnapped
EVERY LAST ONE YALL ARE GOIN TO HELL. THE MAN IS MISSING AND ALL YALL CAN SAY IS “HE’S NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH!” OR “HE WAS WACK!” HE IS STILL MISSING REGARDLESS! WETHER IT’S A STUNT OR NOT I HOPE HEY FIND HIM. A LOT OF YALL REALLY NEED TO GROW UP! AND IT’S A SHAME BECAUSE YALL ARE PROBSBLY WAY OLDER THAN ME!
does writing it caps make you feel more important?? i understand a few words but the whole thing….childish. i do agree with you though.
no one goes missing to sell records you jackass….. i hope this ends up ok GURU GET BETTER NYC
Ur right. It’s a mental thing. Ppl just disappear for a while to get they mind right.
PUBLICITY STUNT!!!!
Why is his record label claiming him to be missing and not his family and friends?
Co-sign. No statement from the family or police report? C’mon man….
Co-sign. I was saying, did they call his people or what?! WTF!
I dunno, if it’s been a month this shit would have been on Media Take Out (Nigga CNN) or atleast America’s most wanted. I mean, if you’re missing or kidnapped, they get the Feds involved.
this is all so they can get a name or so his album can sell. tipsy was hot and hood hop was my shit but if a nigga is really missin u would c that shit everywere. cnn and he from st. lou right? then he would be on the news or sumthin. im just sayin.
J-kwon moved to Cuba on us
STL aint no joke!! he just hiding out somewhere on the Southside (3rd district)…some niggas from the North lookin for his azz
kwon missin… who the fuck is missin him?
until he’s found, maybe u shudnt make jokes about it u fuckin dickface.
kill yourself….now
This could be a cover up for the label, they might of had done something to him you know the industry can be foul. A 24 year missing isn’t something people go crazy over unless it’s some foul play involved or he got some debts he owed and his life is in danger.
Homie never really impressed me but the song Hood Hop was hot. I heard Hood Hop 2 and 2.5 they were both decent production was solid but it didn’t keep my attention long. I hope homie turn up and is alright I would hate to hear another artist losing their life
Damn this is crazy! Kwon the most under-rated artist in the game.
Could you repeat that? I couldn’t understand over that horseshit comment you just made about him.
nigga im awful!
He must have blew the advance money
TRUE!
….And that is called a publicity stunt for his upcoming album. Still ain’t gonna sell.
Wow yall took this one an flip it dam hope the lil nig allright fuck if hes hot or not
PUBLICITY STUNT. REAL TALK
jkwon is done.. no more rap success, find another job
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damn hopefully he aint dead. He spits some raw lyrics I think and I want his new cd soon.
nigga im terrible!
make em
break em
stardom is a bitch, get you life together lil brother J.
I thought he’d been missing for a few years now…
LOL… wow …. no seriously idk what to think about this i am truly …..Flabbergasted
This guy was missing since what 2004?
this is just a publicity stunt to aid his album sales…
Yall really need to STFU with that publicity stunt crap. He probably is going through alot at the moment so get off his back.
^J-Kwon’s cock holster.
Have they checked out his mom’s garage? Maybe he’s chillin’ in the bahamas with
a couple of babes drinkin’ tequilas?
Hmmm. The article doesn’t say the family has reported him missing. Only that the label reported him missing… Maybe he owe somebody at the label some bread and he on the low, or maybe he realize his label is jerkin niggas and said fuck em.
Either way as a rapper J’Kwon is trash, however I wouldn’t wish death or anything on him and hope he’s in good health
Anyone who calls three of their albums Hood Hop must have severe emotional issues.
J kwon aint missing. apparently he recently recorded a track with some guy named goone. here’s the link
http://newstlcomin.com/2010/02/28/calm-before-the-storm/
only thing missing is his career
This shit ain’t substansiated at all. Some people gettin way too defensive.
Why would his label have a press release about this? I think he’s hanging out with 50 cent! They’re brainstorming publicity schemes for washed-up has-beens!
help me u bitch ass niggas im being held hostage and the only sht ive been eating is bread and crackers get me outta this trunk i cant take it nomoe
help me u B ass niggas im being held hostage and the only sht ive been eating is bread and crackers get me outta this trunk i cant take it nomoe
Hahaha…crazy story, but good to hear he’s safe.
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who cares about this dude? He came with what? One hit. PR stunt much???
J kwon is alive, DAM that sucks. We lost bonner from growing pains, we have guru gasping for air and this piece of shit is still alive!!! dam god really dose hate me. lol
LMAO!
what a fuckin clown u really are. What type of bitch wishes death on someone he doesn’t even know? Hopin someone dies is a shitty way of gettin a cheap laugh.
damn you must have nothing going for you for real. What a crappy life you must live getting frustrated that somebody you don’t even know is still alive. You pretty much define the term loser..
I know two people who spoke to him within the last month. A record label says you’re missing but your family never files a missing person’s report with the police? Hmm?
cant even muster a thought on this one . you all can have it .
regardless of the potential for this to be publicity stunt, i’m glad he’s ok. Anyone on here who thinks a rapper should die cuz u dont like his music must have bigger emotional issues than j-kwon and can suck my dick.
Maybe he’s been in hiding actually studying the art of hip hop so he could come back and make people say “Oh shit!”. I mean, 24 is young as fuck so….
Who cares who cares who cares who cares who cares who cares who cares………………………..
For possibly the first time ever, I agree with you.
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funny how J-Kwon sounds to much like Jake One…
you know, once a joke has been told, to keep repeating it and repeating it and repeating it ain’t funny.
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yea it is a little weird but whats even more weird is that whoever posts these ads thought a hiphop site would be a good place to promote that…
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Had he been in the Bay Area he would’ve likely stayed missing. I’m sure J-Diggs and Thizz still want a piece of him.
NAW JKWON ANIT MISSIN,I JUST DID A SONG WIT HIM LAST WEEK,
HE SUPPOSTA TO BE GETTING IT MIXED AND MASTERED FOR ME
THAT BOYS FINE
you dont have to lie to be cool….nobody knos who the fuck u are anyways
hahahahhaa
“You ain’t gotta lie to kick it!!” lol
lol what a suprise… just depressed cause hes never gonna be big again
http://watchthishiphop.blogspot.com
Whoa! how embarrassing is that!
I’m gon’ again!
LOL!
Lol…funny
LMAO @ disappearing being the new way to market your artists, this is the most publicity J-Corn been getting in a minute
Y’all need to stop hatin on that man so much. Y’all like sum petty high school girls, always talkin trash about the next. Sum of y’all wish u had ONE hit cuz y’all got NO hits.
He’s actually not that bad of a rapper. It’s just his career was mishandled by bullshit ass Jermaine Dupree. This the same man who put on wack ass Bow Wow, said he’s better than Dr. Dre and Timbaland, reniged on givin Joell Ortiz a deal and is fuckin up a relationship wit Janet Jackson. He don’t know how to manage rappers, only R&B singers. J-Kwon’s first album wasn’t bad tho for a St. Louis artist.
I am very glad that he is okay – maybe he needed to get away – watch your mouth next time it could be your ass but only difference they may not locate you.
im glad nothing bad happened to him but how is he still relevant to hip hop he had his one hit about 5 years ago, since then he really hasnt done anything
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i m from st louis jkwon isnt relevant n he shoulda kept braids this nigga dome hella big
Rappers have no shelf life…they get about 2-5 years of fame and then it’s over every time!
iM SO HAPPY U FOUND LOL iM SUCH AH J-KWON FAN YAYYYY!!!
*facepalm* Wut Da Fiduck…..
Who gives a fuck bout this garbage ass dude who had a hot song in 2004 that was just a mixed up bitin’ ass version of ‘Grindin’?”…go away…your shine WAS and IS done…nice fucking watermelon dome kid…haha
dude you a hater i wanna hear your song oops you aint got one STFU
thiz nigga make me wonda wut happened to Yung Wun….LMFAO!!