Jones also co-wrote the story of Toy Story 4 She worked as a producer on the film Hot Girls Wanted and the series Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On , directing the first episode of the latter.
Both works explore the sex industry. She is the younger sister of actress and model Kidada Jones , and half-sister to five siblings from their father's other relationships, including Kenya Jones and Quincy Jones III.
Jones' father had Tikar roots from Cameroon, and a Welsh paternal grandfather. Her maternal grandfather, Harold Lipton , a corporate lawyer and owner of the Boston Celtics and San Diego Clippers , changed his surname from Lipschitz to Lipton in the s.
Jones and her sister were raised in Reform Judaism by their mother; Jones attended Hebrew school , though she left at the age of ten and did not have a bat mitzvah. She has said of her parents' mixed-race marriage : "it was the s and still not that acceptable for them to be together". Jones was involved with theater at Buckley, with tutelage from acting teacher Tim Hillman. In , Jones garnered attention with an open letter [ 27 ] responding to scathing remarks made by rapper Tupac Shakur about her parents' interracial marriage in The Source.
Shakur, who later apologized for these remarks, went on to be friends with Rashida and her family. Rashida's sister, Kidada, was dating Tupac at the time of his death. Simpson murder trial. She also starred in the short film Roadside Assistance with Adam Brody. In , she was cast in Strip Search , an HBO film directed by Sidney Lumet , but her scenes were cut from the final broadcast version.
