BiographyMr. Pookie (born Bryan Jones on March 27, 1978) is an American rapper from the "Dirty South", raised in oak cliff And on the north side of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area. It was here that "Pookie" began "slangin" crack cocaine and some of the best weed that the DFW metroplex had seen in years. One of his closest homeboys J-Money Newell, asked "Pookie" "Yo Pookie, you got dem rocks?" and pookie was like "heeeellll yeeea niqqqa". They have been great friends ever since. He is most notable for having the biggest-selling (according to Soundscan) independent rap album from Dallas thus far, 1999’s Tha Rippla, Mr. Pookie records both individually and with his rap partner J-Money Newell, with whom he also co-owns both their label, Crawl 2 Ball Records,Which is now Stoney Crook Records and the music publishing company/ production house Stoney Crook Music. Jones attended L.V. Berkner High School, where he was later kicked out at 11th Grade in Richardson, Texas
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