Miss Jones

About Miss Jones

Miss Jones is the stage name of Tarsha Nicole Jones, the host of Miss Jones in the Morning on the New York City radio station, Hot 97. She was raised in the Astoria Houses in the Astoria section of Queens.[citation needed]

Born in 1969, Jones graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City then went on to Syracuse University where she graduated with a B.A. in Music. Before becoming involved with radio, Jones sang professionally during the mid-1990s. She became famous in the early 1990s for her mixtape collaborations with DJ Ron G, Common, Jahiem, Big Pun and Najee. She enjoyed some success with her independent 1994 hit "Where I Wanna Be Boy".It hit the both the R&B Top 30 and Dance Top 30 (#21/#24).

In 2003, after the release of a board game called "Ghettopoly" by predominantly Asian investors, Jones was enraged and called for the release of a game called "Chinkopoly". The cover of the box of the game portrayed an African-American. Jones refused to apologize for her statement, despite complaints mailed to her producers.