J. Wells
| J. Wells | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jon Wells |
| Also known as | J Roc |
| Born | 1983 (age 33–34) Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | Hip Hop |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, rapper, record producer, record executive, businessman |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Warner Bros. Records (2001) Bonzi Records/Rocswell Entertainment / Fontana Distribution / Universal (1999–present) |
| Associated acts | Kurupt, Roscoe, Snoop Dogg, The Dogg Pound, Keyshia Cole, Goodie Mob, DJ Quik, Tha Alkaholiks, King Tee, Dungeon Family, Wu-Tang Clan, Xzibit, Lil' Scrappy |
| Website | http://bonzirecords.com |
J. Wells (born Jon Wells; 1983 in Chicago) is an American record producer, record executive, and rapper. He is a member of the Likwit Crew.
Wells was born and raised in Chicago but moved to California, then later to Atlanta, Georgia at a young age. He took the alias "J Roc" when he began rapping in local clubs. A high school friend introduced him to "K-Boogs", "Young" and "DJ7" with whom he later formed the group "Rocswell", along with a production company under the same name (Rocswell Entertainment). The group recorded its first album Chilahyork in 1997 which sold 5,000 copies. The group recorded a second album, Tha Classiks, in 1999 which sold 8,000 copies.
In 2000 Wells began managing a Dallas-based hip hop group called "Virus" and they briefly signed with Warner Brothers in 2001, before being dropped from the label - thus the group's first album Outbreak was never released and shelved indefinitely.
In 2001 Wells was invited to join the group Likwit Crew, which includes Tha Alkaholiks, (E-Swift, J Ro, Tash), King Tee, LootPack, Phil Da Agony, and Defari , who in 202 toured with Snoop Dogg's 'Puff Puff Pass' tour, where he met Kurupt from the Dogg Pound (with whom he later formed a duo and released an album). He went on to work on the Wolfpac's "Roger Troutman Project" and put together his own Wolf Pac Mix tape Volume One which features artists such as Shyheim and "Sun of Man" of the Wu-Tang Clan selling 25,000 copies.
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