Jonny Shipes was expelled from the high school he attended during his sophomore year and moved to East Hampton, where his mother, Linda Shapiro, then lived.
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At around the same time, he met Puff Daddy at a pickup basketball game; when the location of a retreat for Combs' Bad Boy Records staff fell through at the last minute, the company's head of marketing, Jameel Spencer, asked Jonny Shipes to help find an alternative site.
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Jonny Shipes secured a new location for the retreat, and shortly thereafter Spencer hired Shipes as the first employee of Blue Flame, Combs' marketing company.
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Jonny Shipes returned to New York City, and in addition to DJing, working his marketing gig at Blue Flame, and interning for Puffy, he produced and engineered recording sessions.
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Jonny Shipes managed DJs including DJ Felli Fel, DJ Spinbad and DJ Kay Slay, and at 22 became an artist manager, representing Foxy Brown and Nappy Roots, among others.
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In 2007, with Smoke DZA, Jonny Shipes founded Cinematic Music Group, named to reflect an artist's ability to convey visuals with music.
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In 2008, Jonny Shipes met Nipsey Hussle, whose music was recommended by Felly Fel, a DJ whom Jonny Shipes managed at the time.
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Jonny Shipes was painting pictures with every single word he spoke.
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Jonny Shipes worked on Hussle's albums Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol 1, Vol.
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Jonny Shipes signed Flipp Dinero in 2016, and in 2017 Cinematic released his debut tape The Guala Way.
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Jonny Shipes connected with comedian Druski early in Druski's career and began managing him in 2020 as the comic's Instagram following approached one million.
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Jonny Shipes was a partner in FELT, a New York-centric streetwear line.
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Jonny Shipes has attempted to make food including donuts, shrimp and grits, and pizza rolls in "Recipe for Disaster" segments, and hosted several episodes of Drunk Eats.
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Jonny Shipes went into the food business more seriously in summer 2020, when he invested in Sag Harbor, New York's popular Grindstone Coffee and Donuts.
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Jonny Shipes raised money in partnership with NYC Together during the early part of the coronavirus pandemic by offering a singles contract to unsigned artists and charging a $20 submission fee for each entry.