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{{Infobox musical artist
| image            = 
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| name             = Steph Jones
| background       = solo_singer
| alias            = Garrain Jones
| birth_date       = July 3, 1979
| origin           = [[Houston, Texas]], U.S.
| occupation       = Singer, songwriter,entrepreneur
| years_active     = 2001–present
| label            = 
| associated_acts  = 
| website          = https://www.instagram.com/garrain.jones
}}

'''Steph Jones''' is an American singer, songwriter, and model. He was signed to [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]], through [[Ludacris]]' [[Disturbing tha Peace]] but left the label.<ref>Seattle Slim (August 21, 2008). [http://www.singersroom.com/interview/artist-v-120.asp Steph Jones: Nothing Ordinary] ''Singersroom''. Accessed September 1, 2008.</ref> He has since acquired a position in the Herbalife brand and is known as being one of the faces of Herbalife

==Early life==
Jones was born in [[Houston, Texas]] and raised in [[Missouri City, Texas|Missouri City]], and currently resides in [[Los Angeles, California]].<ref name=nusoul>Marcus Scott (February 5, 2008). [http://blog.nu-soulmag.com/?p=112 Steph Jones Interview] ''Nu Soul Magazine''. Accessed July 18, 2008.</ref><ref>S. Erin Batiste. [http://www.buzzine.com/2008/07/steph-jones/ Steph Jones On Being Extra-Ordinary] ''Buzzine''. Accessed July 18, 2008.</ref> His mother was a DJ and his father was a [[illegal drug trade|drug dealer]] who was murdered when he was twelve years old. Jones attended [[Santa Monica College]] majoring in [[psychology]].<ref name=nusoul/> He is also the younger brother of comedian [[DeRay Davis]].<ref name=hhnlive>Todd Davis (February 2, 2008). [http://www.hhnlive.com/features/more/417 Steph Jones: Heart & Soul] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625043110/http://www.hhnlive.com/features/more/417 |date=2008-06-25 }} ''HHNLive''. Accessed July 18, 2008.</ref>

==Career==
Jones is known for featuring in the single "Celebrity Chick", along with [[Ludacris]], [[Chingy]], and Small World.

He has made cameos in music videos, such as [[Bobby V]]alentino's "[[Anonymous (Bobby Valentino song)|Anonymous]]", [[Destiny's Child]]'s "[[Jumpin' Jumpin']]", [[Toya (singer)|Toya]]'s "I Do" and [[Faith Evans]]' "I Love You". He was the face of [[Enyce]] clothing<ref name=hhnlive/> and is signed to the agency [[Ford Models]].<ref name=nusoul/>

He is often compared to musicians [[Maxwell (musician)|Maxwell]] and [[D'Angelo]]. According to his Twitter page, he is also working on an animated series called ''MR ORDINARY the animated series'' which is a spin-off from his clothing line.

He attended season 3 of ''[[Baldwin Hills (TV series)|Baldwin Hills]]'' and performed a song called "Deelishis".

In 2010, Steph starred as [[R&B]] singer [[Shontelle]]'s love interest in her music video "[[Impossible (Shontelle song)|Impossible]]". In the same year, Steph Jones released a new summer song entitled "B E A utiful".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stephjones.bandcamp.com/track/b-e-a-utiful|title=B E A utiful, by Steph Jones|website=Steph Jones|access-date=2019-05-25}}</ref>

On July 1, 2010, a short series featuring Steph as one of the major roles aired on [[ABC Family]] (though he is not seen until the episode 4). The series follows an artist by the name of [[Marié Digby]] and her story behind the makings of her songs on her new album, [[Breathing Underwater (Marie Digby album)|Breathing Underwater]]. Steph played Kyle, a DJ who Marié falls for while making the album.

==Discography==

===Studio albums===
* ''Mr. Ordinary'' (2009)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stephjones.bandcamp.com/track/mr-ordinary|title=Mr. Ordinary, by Steph Jones|website=Steph Jones|access-date=2019-05-25}}</ref>

===Mixtapes===
* ''Gravity (Lifetape)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.datpiff.com/Steph-Jones-Gravity-mixtape.71645.html|title=Gravity Mixtape by Steph Jones, PJ Morton, Kumasi, Audio Push, Jay-Z|website=www.datpiff.com|access-date=2019-05-25}}</ref>

===Compilation albums===
* ''Strength in Numbers'' (2008)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steph-jones-mn0000736330/credits|title=Steph Jones {{!}} Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2019-05-25}}</ref>

===Singles===
====as featured artist====
* "All Aboard (Ride It)" <small>([[Chingy]] featuring Steph Jones)</small> (2007)

===Songwriting Credits===

{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! Year !! Artist !! Album !! Song !! Co-written with
|-
| 1997 || [[Lorrie Morgan]] || ''[[Shakin' Things Up]]'' || "Shakin' Things Up" || Shaye Smith
|-
| 2007 || [[Blake Lewis]] || ''[[A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream)|Audio Day Dream]]'' || "Gots to Get Her" || [[Blake Lewis]], [[Ryan Tedder]], Kristal Oliver, [[Irving Berlin]]
|-
| 2010 || [[The Wanted]] || ''[[The Wanted (album)|The Wanted]]'' || "Personal Soldier" || [[Guy Chambers]]
|-
| 2011 || [[Chris Brown]] || ''[[F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)|F.A.M.E.]]'' || "Bomb"<br>{{small|(featuring [[Wiz Khalifa]])}} || [[Chris Brown|Christopher Brown]], [[Jean Baptiste]], [[Ryan Buendia]], [[Kevin McCall]], [[Wiz Khalifa|Cameron Thomaz]], Winston Riley
|-
| 2014 || [[Cheryl (singer)|Cheryl]] || ''[[Only Human (Cheryl album)|Only Human]]'' || "Stars" || [[Cheryl (singer)|Cheryl Tweedy]], [[Red Triangle (production team)|George Tizzard]], [[Red Triangle (production team)|Richard Parkhouse]], Daniel Spencer
|-
| 2015 || [[Julie Bergan]] || {{n/a|Non-album single}} || "All Hours" || [[Julie Bergan]], Matthew Parad, [[Joonas Angeria]]
|-
| rowspan="8"| 2016 || [[Chuck Wicks]] || ''[[Turning Point (Chuck Wicks album)|Turning Point]]'' || "Tell Me" || [[Chuck Wicks|Charles Wicks]], [[Andy Dodd|Andrew Dodd]]
|-
| [[Julie Bergan]] || {{n/a|Non-album single}} || "I Kinda Like It" || [[Julie Bergan]], Trey Campbell, [[Joonas Angeria]]
|-
| [[Forever in Your Mind|FIYM]] || ''FIYM EP'' || "Whistle" || Augie Ray, Calynn Green, Jintae Ko, [[Jordan Schmidt]]
|-
| [[Olivia Holt]] || ''[[Olivia (EP)|Olivia EP]]'' || "Thin Air"<br>{{small|(featuring [[Jordan Fisher]])}} || Chelsea Lena, [[Jessica Ashley|Jessica Karpov]], Jens Koekemeier
|-
| [[Chris Lane]] || ''[[Girl Problems]]'' || "Circles" {{small|(featuring [[Mackenzie Porter]])}} || Keith Smith, [[Emily Warren|Emily Schwartz]], [[Danny Parker (songwriter)|Daniel Parker]], Joey Moi, [[Joe London|Joseph Spargur]]
|-
| [[Dylan Scott]] || ''[[Dylan Scott (album)|Dylan Scott]]'' || "Rules" || Jeston Cade, Jordan Reynolds
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Sabrina Carpenter]] || rowspan="2"| ''[[Evolution (Sabrina Carpenter album)|Evolution]]'' || "Don't Want It Back" || [[Sabrina Carpenter]], [[Rob Persaud|Robert Persaud]]
|-
| "Shadows" || [[Sabrina Carpenter]], [[Rob Persaud|Robert Persaud]]
|-
| rowspan="11"| 2017 || [[Bea Miller]] || ''[[Aurora (Bea Miller album)|Aurora]]'' || "Burning Bridges" || [[Bea Miller|Beatrice Miller]], [[Pop & Oak|Warren Felder]], Trevor Brown, William Zaire Simmons
|-
| [[James Blunt]] || ''[[The Afterlove]]'' || "Bartender" || [[James Blunt]], [[Danny Parker (songwriter)|Daniel Parker]], [[Teddy Geiger]]
|-
| [[Nickelback]] || ''[[Feed the Machine]]'' || "[[Song on Fire]]" || [[Nickelback|Chad Kroeger]], [[Nickelback|Ryan Peake]], [[Hayley Warner]], Ryan Sparker
|-
| [[Bea Miller]] || ''[[Aurora (Bea Miller album)|Aurora]]'' || "Buy Me Diamonds" || [[Bea Miller|Beatrice Miller]], [[Ido Zmishlany]]
|-
| Emily Hackett || ''By the Sun EP'' || "Nostalgia" || Emily Hackett, Michael Reeves
|-
| [[Grey (musical duo)|Grey]] || ''Chameleon EP'' || "Chameleon"<br>{{small|(featuring Asia)}} || [[Grey (musical duo)|Michael Trewartha]], [[Grey (musical duo)|Kyle Trewartha]], Asia Whiteacre
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Bea Miller]] || rowspan="2"| ''[[Aurora (Bea Miller album)|Aurora]]'' || "[[S.L.U.T. (song)|S.L.U.T.]]" || [[Bea Miller|Beatrice Miller]], [[Ido Zmishlany]]
|-
| "To the Grave"<br>{{small|(featuring [[Mike Stud]])}} || [[Bea Miller|Beatrice Miller]], [[Pop & Oak|Warren Felder]], Trevor Brown, William Zaire Simmons
|-
| [[Jacob Sartorius]] || {{n/a|Non-album single}} || "Cozy" || [[Emily Warren|Emily Schwartz]], [[The Futuristics|Alexander Schwartz]], [[The Futuristics|Joseph Khajadourian]], [[Cook Classics|William Lobban-Bean]]
|-
| [[Danielle Bradbery]] || ''[[I Don't Believe We've Met|I Don't Believe We've Met]]'' || "Can't Stay Mad" || [[Danielle Bradbery]], Andrew Haas, Ian Franzino
|-
| Kim Viera || ''[[Pitch Perfect 3|Pitch Perfect 3 OST]]'' || "Tribe" || Heidi Rojas, Louis Prima, [[Wayne Wilkins]], [[The Futuristics|Alexander Schwartz]], [[The Futuristics|Joseph Khajadourian]], Kevin Anyaeji
|-
| rowspan="9"| 2018 || [[Frenship]] || {{n/a|Non-album single}} || "Love Somebody" || [[Frenship|James Sunderland]], [[Frenship|Brett Hite]], [[Nick Ruth|Nicholas Ruth]]
|-
| [[Bea Miller]] || ''[[Aurora (Bea Miller album)|Aurora]]'' || "Bored" || [[Bea Miller|Beatrice Miller]], Michael Sabath
|-
| [[PrettyMuch]] || ''PrettyMuch an EP'' || "Hello" || [[PrettyMuch|Edwin Honoret]], [[PrettyMuch|Zion Kuwonu]], [[Axident|Andreas Schuller]], [[Big Taste|Leroy Clampitt]], James Wong
|-
| [[Against the Current (band)|Against the Current]] || ''[[Past Lives (Against the Current album)|Past Lives]]'' || "Almost Forgot" || [[Against the Current (band)|Chrissy Costanza]], [[Against the Current (band)|Daniel Gow]], Brittany Amaradio, [[FRND|Andrew Goldstein]]
|-
| [[Morgxn]] || ''Vital'' || "Roots" || [[Morgxn|Morgan Karr]], [[Emery Dobyns]]
|-
| [[Sabrina Carpenter]] || ''[[Singular: Act I]]'' || "[[Almost Love (song)|Almost Love]]" || [[Sabrina Carpenter]], Nathaniel Campany, [[Stargate (production team)|Mikkel Eriksen]]
|-
| [[Panic! at the Disco]] || ''[[Pray for the Wicked]]'' || "Roaring 20s" || [[Panic! at the Disco|Brendan Urie]], [[Jake Sinclair (musician)|Jake Sinclair]], [[Sam Hollander]], Kenneth Harris, [[Jenny Owen Youngs]], Ben Fredlander, Toby Wincorn, [[Maynard Ferguson]], Gary Lindsay
|-
| [[Sabrina Carpenter]] || ''[[Singular: Act I]]'' || "[[Sue Me]]" || [[Sabrina Carpenter]], [[Pop & Oak|Warren Felder]], Trevor Brown, William Zaire Simmons
|-
| Quinn Lewis || {{n/a|Non-album single}} || "Hanging On" || Quinn Lewis, [[Jarrad Rogers]]
|-
| rowspan="13"| 2019 || [[Jack & Jack]] || ''[[A Good Friend Is Nice]]'' || "Used to You Now" || [[Jack & Jack|Jack Gilinsky]], [[Jack & Jack|Jack Johnson]], Colin Monroe, [[Big Taste|Leroy Clampitt]]
|-
| [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] || ''[[Hurts 2B Human]]'' || "Happy" || [[Pink (singer)|Alecia Moore]], [[Sasha Sloan|Alexandra Yatchenko]], [[Teddy Geiger]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Charlie Hanson]] || rowspan="2"| ''Junk EP'' || "Back in My Arms" || [[Charlie Hanson]], [[Mitch Allan]], [[M-Phazes|Mark Landon]]
|-
| "WYA" || [[Charlie Hanson]], Skylar Mones, [[Big Taste|Leroy Clampitt]]
|-
| [[Sabrina Carpenter]] || ''[[Singular: Act II]]'' || "In My Bed" || [[Sabrina Carpenter]], Michael Sabath
|-
| [[Alle Farben]] || ''Sticker on My Suitcase'' || "Different for Us"<br>{{small|(featuring Jordan Powers)}} || [[Alle Farben|Frans Zimmer]], Guido Kramar, Dennis Beirbrodt, Jurgen Dohr, Jintae Ko, Daniel Deimann, Janik Riegert, Joshua Tapen
|-
| [[Sabrina Carpenter]] || ''[[Singular: Act II]]'' || "Take Off All Your Cool" || [[Sabrina Carpenter]], [[Pop & Oak|Warren Felder]], Trevor Brown, William Zaire Simmons
|-
| Annika Rose || {{n/a|Non-album single}} || "In the End" || Annika Rose, Nicki Adamsson
|-
| [[AJ Mitchell]] || ''Slow Dance EP'' || "Out My Mind" || [[AJ Mitchell|Aaron Mitchell Jr.]], [[Romans (musician)|Samuel Romans]]
|-
| [[Little Big Town]] || ''Nightfall'' || "Over Drinking" || Jesse Frassure, [[Hillary Lindsay]], [[Cary Barlowe]], [[Ashley Gorley]]
|-
| [[Bülow (singer)|Bülow]] || ''The Contender EP'' || "Puppy Love"<br>{{small|(featuring Jimi Somewhere)}} || [[Bülow (singer)|Megan Bülow]], Casey Smith, [[Big Taste|Leroy Clampitt]], Jimi Somewhere
|-
| [[Celine Dion]] || ''[[Courage (Celine Dion album)|Courage]]'' || "Look at Us Now" || Trey Campbell, Andrew Wells
|-
| [[Liam Payne]] || ''[[LP1 (Liam Payne album)|LP1]]'' || "Both Ways" || [[Liam Payne]], [[Ruth-Anne Cunningham]], Andrew Haas, Ian Franzino
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* https://www.instagram.com/garrain.jones
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