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Krondon in 2019
Born
Marvin Jones III

(1976-07-09) July 9, 1976 (age 48)
Occupation
  • Actor
  • rapper
  • songwriter
Years active 2003–present
Musical career
Genres Hip hop
Labels Blacksmith Records
Associated acts

Marvin Jones III (born July 9, 1976), also known as Krondon, is an American rapper and actor from Los Angeles, California. He is a member of the group Strong Arm Steady, along with rappers Phil Da Agony and Mitchy Slick. As an actor Jones portrayed the main antagonist Tobias Whale in The CW superhero television series Black Lightning, and voiced Tombstone in the superhero film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Early life

Jones grew up in South Central, Los Angeles. He is an African American with albinism.

Career

Music career

Strong Arm Steady formed in 2003, and released its debut album Deep Hearted in 2007 followed by the mixtape Gang Mentality, the conceptual album In Search of Stoney Jackson and their most recent installment, Arms & Hammers.

Krondon's debut album, Everything’s Nothing, came out in 2013.

Krondon collaborated with Shafiq Husayn (Sa-Ra Creative Partners) under the group name White Boiz, releasing the 2015 album Neighborhood Wonderful on Stones Throw Records.

Krondon also ghostwrites for other rappers, such as Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and Xzibit.

Filmography

Film

List of performances in film
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2013 Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records Himself Documentary film
2018 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Tombstone (voice) Feature film
TBA Shadow Force TBA Post-production

Television

List of performances on television
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 Harry's Law Castor Mukasa Episode: "American Dreams"
2018–21 Black Lightning Tobias Whale Series regular
2020 Into the Dark Orderly Episode: "The Current Occupant"
2024 Halo Louis-036 Recurring role
2024 The Equalizer Clay Episode: "Blind Justice"

Discography

With Strong Arm Steady

  • 2007: Deep Hearted
  • 2010: In Search of Stoney Jackson
  • 2011: Arms & Hammers
  • 2012: Members Only EP
  • 2012: Stereo Type (EP) (with Statik Selektah)
  • 2012: Stereo Jr (EP) (with Oh No)

Solo Discography

  • 2003: Strong Arm Steady Presents... Krondon – Black Goldmember Vol. 1
  • 2003: Black Goldmember Vol. 2
  • 2010: Let 'Em Live
  • 2013: Everything's Nothing

With Shafiq Husayn (White Boiz)

  • 2015: Neighborhood Wonderful
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