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Open share drawer The Montclair, NJ-based rapper follows his breakout debut with an expansive, funk-embroidered recollection of his childhood, complete with an accompanying 35-minute film.  On his 2016 debut, Arcade, Topaz Jones offered a bright-if-brief introduction to his quick-witted personality. His biggest hit was the pop-rap single “Tropicana,” whose lopsided hook showcased his slippery songwriting and love of funk. Despite that, Jones bristled at the track’s success (�...

Rolling Stone How Topaz Jones Made the Next Great Visual Album Hip-hop artist Topaz Jones had one hit. Now, with the help of director-duo rubberband., he has an award-winning film By During one particularly striking moment in New Jersey musician Topaz Jones’s stunning short film Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma, Jones’s grandmother, Emma Janice Jones, reveals the riches that evaded their family. Jones’s great great grandfather, Marshall Jones, was a cotton farmer who saw an enti...

More Reviews From SFFILM Festival 2021 "Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma" Legendary investigative journalist I.F. Stone famously said “All governments lie.”  Nanfu Wang’s flawed but still worthwhile documentary “In The Same Breath” shows why Stone’s pronouncement is unfortunately still true.  Her new film assesses the history of the Chinese and American governments’ early responses to the Coronavirus outbreak.  In different ways, both governme...