Jim Jones has shed some light on what it means to be a father to his 20-year-old son Joseph.
In the debut episode of Esteban Serrano's The Rap Dads Show, Jones spoke about fatherhood and all that comes with it. According to the Harlem native, it's something he takes very seriously, especially when he was in jail when Joseph had just entered the world.
"I got locked up the day he was being born," Capo said. "Word. I had to go crazy on them n***as in the precinct. Tell em, I'ma start a riot. You better check my name."
When he became a father, Capo was "outside," as he said, doing things he wouldn't advise other people to do. The Dipset member knew what he was doing wasn't beneficial to him, but the birth of his son gave him that extra push to see what life is really about.
"When I had my son, it's kind of one of the things that saved me and put a different perspective on what I thought life was," he said.
Jones also spoke about disciplining his son and the difficulties that come with that. According to Jones, he's not handling it in a way that parents back in the day did by spanking their children.
"It hurts every time I have to be a dad," he said. "You know what I mean? Every time I have to act like your father it hurts because I know. It don't feel good for me, it don't feel good for him. Nine times out of 10, if I have to discipline him, I'm taking something away from him. It wasn't like when we was younger, you go to jail if you discipline your kids too much. You gotta find different ways that'll count as some belt whips would've did."
Elsewhere in the conversation, Jones reflected on being transparent with his son whenever he was about to make headlines.
"Everything that goes on, I'm always straightforward with him," Jones added. "I mean, he understands my life, you know. I mean, as he got older, he understood it more, and anything that I did that I know would get on the news I always make sure that he was the first to know."
He continued, "I had got in trouble in Atlanta some years back and the picture they was trying to paint was way wrong, and I've never done any type of drug besides weed in my life, I haven't even experimented with it, but I had an injury, and they had to give me some peret pills and they made it seem like it was something different, so I made it a point to call Angie Martinez, and I got to go up on the show so I can apologize to my son for what he heard in the media."
