Kent Jones
Miami
Jones grew up in Tallahassee but spent his formative years in Miami, which is still home base. There he met Cool and Dre, the Cash Money-affiliated songwriting/production team, who signed him to Epidemic Records and introduced him to DJ Khaled. "He's a super ball of energy," Jones says of Khaled. "You gotta learn to keep up with him." Jones released his debut, Tours, last year as a joint venture among Epidemic, Khaled's We the Best Music Group, and Epic Records. He's now working on new music and hopes to add something to the contributions of Florida artists before him.