The tragedy of Tupac is that his untimely passing is representative of too many young black men in this country....If we had lost Oprah Winfrey at 25, we would have lost a relatively unknown, local market TV anchorwoman. If we had lost Malcolm X at 25, we would have lost a hustler named Detroit Red. And if I had left the world at 25, we would have lost a big-band trumpet player and aspiring composer--just a sliver of my eventual life potential.

A. In 2001 he publiQuincy Jonesd his autobiography Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones. Jones has never learned to drive citing an accident in which he was a passenger (at age 14) as the reason.

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. In addition Jones was the producer of the album Thriller by pop icon Michael Jackson which has sold more than 110 million copies worldwide and was the producer and conductor of the charity song “We Are the World”. (born March 14 1933) is an American record producer conductor arranger composer television producer and trumpeter.