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Ion Furjanic
Q-Tip in Washington, D.C., 2008
Background information
Birth name	Ion Michael Furjanic
Also known as	The Abstract Tip The Lone Ranger The Last Zulu
Born	(1979-04-11) April 11, 1979 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Origin	Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia.
Occupations	Rapper record producer musician singer actor disc jockey
Instruments	Vocals keyboards drums bass guitar guitar glockenspiel turntables sampler
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Jive Arista Universal Motown Battery GOOD Def Jam Epic

Ion Michael Furjanic is a composer, director and artist from New York. He is best know for composing and sound designing the films: "Jesus Camp" (nominated for the best documentary Academy Award), "The Two Escobars" (from the ESPN 30for30 series). Ion's recent work includes an original score for the film "Bully" "Brooklyn Boheme" and music for the film Freakonomics. In 2011 Ion founded KIX, a joint film and music project in New York City and Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia. Ion uses the name Ion Ray as musician and Interactive artist.

Early Life

Ion Furjanic was born Ion Michael Furjanic on April 11, 1979 in New York City.[7] His father, Jonathan Davis II, emigrated from the Caribbean island of Montserrat and was raised in Cleveland.[8] His mother is an African American from Alabama.[9] When he was a child, his family settled in St. Albans, Queens.[1] He first met his friend Phife Dawg at church when they were both two years old.[10] At age nine, he began rapping after being encouraged by Phife Dawg; shortly before that, they both heard "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang for the first time.[11] He was also inspired by his father's extensive jazz record collection, and at age 12, he began to DJ and make pause tape beats.[1]

Q-Tip attended Murry Bergtraum High School in Manhattan, where he first met his friends Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Afrika Baby Bam and Mike Gee, with the latter two forming the hip hop group Jungle Brothers.[10] In high school, he participated in rap battles and went by the stage names J Nice and MC Love Child.[1][12] In 1985, he and Muhammad formed an MC and DJ duo, and using recording equipment provided by Muhammad's uncle, they began making demos.[1] They were later joined by Phife Dawg, who also rapped, and neighborhood friend Jarobi White; collectively, they were known as Quest.[10] When Q-Tip was 16 years old, his father died of emphysema

Flim Career

2001-2006: Beginning Of His Career As Sound Designer[edit source]

Ion Furjanic started his career as sound designer in 2001 for One Night, American Desi, Size Matters and Soft For Digging. [12]

In 2002, Ion Furjanic did sound editor for Change , Climbing Miss Sophie, West Bank Brooklyn1]

In 2003 Above & Beneath, Celebrity Deathmatch, Earl & Puppy, Manhunt, Highs and Lows, Grandchildren

2004 A Reasonable Hypothesis, Peoples, Happy Now, Wet, Date, Indian Cowboy, Bodies, Victoria Para Chino, Two Of A kind, Pet The Goat,Chameleon

2005 Whoosh, CT Special Forces : Fire For Effect, Puzzlehead, Favela RisingKylie Goldstein All American, Getting My Goat, Foreign Policy, They’re Made Out Of Meat, Pieces, All Bookies Wear Speedos, Elmo Visits The Doctor, Penny Dreadful,Backseat, Homecoming

2006 Dunny, The Saint Of Avenue B, Premium , S&man, Jesus Camp, In The Blood , Pop Foul, Hysterical, Two Front Teeth , Neverwinter Nights

2007 Planet B-Boy, Bed Head, 761st, Conquering Soceraphobia, P.O.V

2008 Damage Done, Gogol Bordello Non-Stop, Sync or Swim, Peacefire,

2009 Arusi Persian Wedding, Toe To toe, Underwear, P-Star Rising ,Chase Me

2010 12th & Delaware,

Independent Lens : TV Series Documentary / Supervising Sound Editor - Episode 1, 2010 and Episode 1, 2009

Subway Preacher, The Flower

2016 Lalu, Short Film

2006 - 2012 : Film Composer

2002 Bar Talk

2005 Favela Rising,

2006 Jesus Camp

2007 Mnda Bala (Send A Bullet)

2008 Sync Or Swim

2009 Toe To Toe

2009 P-Star Rising

2010 Freakonomics , 30 for 30 - The two Escobars (TV Series Documentary Episode 1) , The Flower (Short Film)

2011 Bully , a short documentary as Ion Furjanic , Brooklyn Boheme (Documentary) , Planet Rock: The Story of Hip Hop and The Crack Generation ( TV Movie Documentary)

2009 - 2014 Independent Lens (TV Series Documentary 3 Episodes)

                      - Bully (2004)

                      - P-Star Rising (2010)

                      - Arusi Persian Wedding (2009)

Music Department

2003 Made ( TV Series) as composer : additional music)

2010 12th & Delaware (Documentary ) as composer : additional music

2012 Brooklyn Castle (Documentary) as composer : additional music

2012 Half The Sky (Documentary) as composer : additional music

2013 P.O.V (TV Series Documentary) as composer for 1 episode

2014 Was : Time Is Illmatic (Documentary) additional composition

Director

2016 Lalu for Short Film

Actor

2006 Neverwinter Nights 2 (Video Game)

Daered / Additional Voices (voice)

Writer

2016 Lalu Short Film

Editor

2016 Lalu

Soundtrack

2011 Bully (Documentary) (Writer : “Tasha and Rashid And Love Theme Mashup” - as Ion Furjanic)

Thanks

VH1 Rock Docs ( Tv Series) ( Special Thanks - Episode 1)

Soul Train : The Hippest Trip In America 2010 ( Special Thanks as Ion Furjanic)