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Even though Ive tried to wear glass slippers, somebody has deliberately knocked them off my feet. Because of that, I have walked the earth emotionally barefoot, and expressed my lack of self-esteem and rage in ways that clouded my judgment. I was a participant in a lot of drama. Didnt mean to be . . . it was never my intention.
So confesses Tarsha Jones, host of New Yorks popular radio show Miss Jones in the Morning. Jonesy, as shes known to her fans, captivates millions of Hot 97 listeners with her daily dish on hip-hop and rap celebrity. But within these pages are the juicy scandals that even this no-holds-barred DJ has kept off the airwaves. For the first time, Jones reveals everythingfrom candid stories of her early singing career under Doug E. Freshs wing (and between his sheets) to a wild affair with Busta Rhymes; from bitter feuds with Wendy Williams and shock jocks Star and Buc Wild to friendships with Patti LaBelle and Isaac Hayes; from collaborations with Fat Joe and Big Pun all the way to catfights with Christina Milian and Beyoncs mother, Tina Knowles. Jones lets it all hang out and doesnt tiptoe around anyones feelingsincluding her own.
Beginning with her volatile upbringing as the child of alcoholic parents and the target of bullying peers, Jones takes us on a journey of self-exploration, recounting how she survived abusive relationships, twisted coworkers, and backstabbing bosses to ultimately rise through the radio ranks and make it to the top of her game. But more than just a tell-all tale, this inspirational memoir is a testament to the struggles of a black woman trying to succeed in a white male-dominated industry, where the sharks never stop circling no matter how much you achieve. For those who love steamy entertainment gossip, admire coming-of-age chronicles of resilience, or just like to see emperors (and moguls) without clothes, so to speak, the pages will fly. Even devoted listeners who think they already know radios rowdiest diva will have to ask themselves . . . Have You Met Miss Jones?

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Have You Met Miss Jones?

CONTENTS


HATE ME

love or hate me
its always been that with me
hate my composure
hate that I am good at this
hate that my ratings are high

and love me for the same damn reasons

Miss Jones

INTRODUCTION

F rom my earliest memory, nothing I did was ever right, so there came a time when I silenced myself and listened. Listened, and then believed everything the world told me about myself. I just shut the fuck up, and allowed people to treat me as if I had no value. No sense in arguing. They must be right. After all, most of them were older. And I loved them and depended on them to guide me in the ways of the world.

Every time Ive tried to wear glass slippers, somebody has deliberately knocked them off of my feet. Because of that, I have walked the earth emotionally barefoot. And expressed my lack of self-esteem and rage in ways that clouded my judgment. I was a participant in a lot of drama. Didnt mean to be... it was never my intention.

The beat-downs came so often, I had to stop running and turn around and fight. Had to speak for myself. Had to fight for myself. Had to start swinging. And tell myself and the world that I have worth, I am valuable.

And though I still fight, there is a difference in my swagger. Instead of remaining silent... now I am talking. And Im asking you:

Have You Met Miss Jones?

Have You Met Miss Jones?

ONE

BACK IN DA DAY

I almost killed my mother more times than I can remember. I didnt mean to. It just turned out that way.

Time after time, I watched her convulse, her body jerk, and her jaws flap like a hummingbirds wing, as she fell in and out of consciousness.

And I did nothing to help her.

Get a spoon! my stepdad, Sonny, would yell.

Chaos and radio static from the police and paramedics walkie-talkies sounded throughout apartment 5G in the Astoria Projects, where we made our home. Uniformed men hovered over my mothers flailing body, attaching metal objects, trying to fix what I had done to heragain. My older sister Marcia screamed, Momma is having a stroke! My eldest sister, Audrey, ordered, Get back in your bed! And dont move! before disappearing into our parents bedroom.

I sat on the edge of the twin bed with my spine reaching toward the ceiling. Alone. I was scared that my momma was really going to die this time, cause my dolls and games had been all over the floor when she called me for dinner. And she flipped. Sitting at the dinner table, my father scolded, I done told you to stop aggravating your mother.

But I didnt listen. I got a hard head.

I didnt want to hasten her death by disobeying Audrey. Different, louder voices now reassured one another that my mother had stabilized. Cheating fate, I tiptoed toward my parents bedroom, just as my mother groaned softly.

Momma, I whispered to her. The uniformed adults ignored mea nine-year-old little girl. My mother looked like a fragile china doll. Momma, its me, Tarsha, I said, gulping back tears. She didnt recognize anyone, as her gaze darted to each strange face in the bedroom.

A paramedic advised my stepdad, Keep talkin to her. Tell her who you are. My mother responded with double takes to anyone who spoke. Then slowly, the glaze over her eyes changed from stoicism to embarrassment. My mother cried from shame. And I cried too, wiping my tears with the sleeve of the fuzzy pink sweater my stepdad had recently bought for me. That morning, my mother had proudly escorted me to the school bus as I wore my sweater. On payday, my stepdad always bought me new outfits. My favorite was a white rabbit jacket with a matching muff and brown boots. My two older sisters were jealous because they had to wear hand-me-downs. Sonny would take pictures with his old instant Polaroid camera, as I posed in front of the hallway door with the lead-filled chipped white paint.

My mother whimpered, My tongue... I bit my tongue.

Its okay, Mommy. Audrey and Marcia tried to console her.

While the paramedics and the police gathered their equipment I reminded myself: I better not do anything bad. Bring home good grades. Do all of my chores without being asked. Or my mommy might die. And itll be my fault.

My stepdad told me, You aggravate her, thats why she has the seizures.

I was a bad little girl. I did bad things. I knew this because my stepdad repeatedly told me. And my bad things were sure to make my mother, whom I loved more than anything, leave me alone in this world. Alone because soon Audrey, at eighteen, was leaving for a place called college, and Marcia, who was nine months younger than Audrey, was wrapped up in following behind her. And Sonny, as I grew older, just became wrapped up in whatever. Whatever it was, it did not include me.

When my mothers seizures first happened, no one knew what to do about it. Later, she would be diagnosed with epilepsy.


M y mother, Alyce Scott Jones, was the love of Sonny Tharpes life. They met when she was twenty-four years old with two little girls and pregnant with me by my biological father, Billy Leon Jones. My mom had graduated number one in her high school class and was on her way to Spelman when she became pregnant with Audrey.

Even though Alyce didnt love Billy, they were forced by their parents to marry. My grandmother had gotten pregnant before she married and wanted to make sure that situation didnt happen with her only daughter.

Despite good intentions, Billy and Alyce were not prepared for the responsibilities of marriage and raising a family. Billy became involved with drugs and couldnt keep a job. My mom, being the bright woman she was, sized up the situation and divorced Billy.

Sonny and Alyce married after I was born. Sonny was Daddy. He gave me the Easters and Christmases that my sisters never got when they were my age.


G oddamn it! Dont make me kill you! my mother would scream. I told you to stop!

Alyce, you better stop! Sonny warned.

I would hear silence and then BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Friday evenings would always begin with laughter, but then alcohol would give way to harsh, violent words, which would merge with Marvin Gayes Lets Get It On or whatever music my parents had been dancing to just an hour earlier. Even now, its difficult for me to trust laughter, because I never know what emotion may follow. Apartment 5G was a place for my parents to unleash their internal demons that they couldnt show to the public. My home life hinged on the intersection of dysfunctional contradictions.

From the other side of my bedroom door, it always sounded like my mother would instigate physical fights with my stepdad. And then if he grabbed her wrists in an attempt to protect himself, and she got bruised, the fight would escalate. I didnt know what my stepfather had done, but my mothers threats would launch weekend-long beer-and-vodka-laced battles. The alcohol gave them both the courage to say things they would never utter sober.

Their fights frightened me. Rocking in my bed with a blanket over my head did not shield me from the tremendous fear that shook my body. No one called Alyce and Sonnys volatile relationship domestic violence back then. Our neighbors and family members sanctioned the violence with their silence. What you did in your house was your business. And you kept what family did to family behind closed doors. It was considered normal that Alyce used her fists on Sonny to relieve the depression she felt about her own life. Beneath her normally calm exterior, my mom was furious about her situation. She never expected her life to turn out the way that it did. And to wind up like the girls who hung out smoking in the bathroom, while she was the good girl who devoted herself to her studies in hopes of a better life, devastated her. This was not supposed to be her futureon welfare, with three kids, and a volatile relationship with her man. Sonny was a tortured man who retired after dinner to the bedroom to find a sense of peace before he returned to a daily life that heaped disrespect on him with low wages and long hours. Apartment 5G was the only place where his behavior didnt have any consequences.

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