1980s Anthony "Sir Jinx" Wheaton began his career in the early-80s when Wheaton moved to South Central, not too far away from soon-to-be rapper
Ice Cube. Wheaton already had inherited knowledge of
the culture around hip-hop by then. Through Cube, Wheaton later met with Cube’s other cousin,
Del the Funky Homosapien, and became close friends based on similar interests. Cube had been developing a career as a
rapper. Along with
Kid Disaster, they started a group which would later become known as
C.I.A. As part of the then-named Stereo Crew duo with
Ice Cube, they signed with
Epic Records and released their debut single "She's a Skag" in 1986, which was produced by Wheaton's cousin
Dr. Dre and Dre's
World Class Wreckin' Cru bandmate
Alonzo Williams. Poor single sales caused them to be soon dropped off of the label. Joined by fellow rapper Kid Disaster, they were picked by Kru-Cut Records and changed the group's name to C.I.A. In 1987 the trio released their single "
My Posse" and appeared on the cover of
N.W.A. and the Posse. Cube and Dre later focused on the group
N.W.A, which led to the disbanding of C.I.A. Wheaton produced fellow rapper
Dazzie Dee's first extended play
Turn It Loose, released in 1989.
1990s When Cube left N.W.A and
Ruthless Records over a financial dispute, all the former C.I.A. members along with several other artists formed the Lench Mob posse on Cube's founded
Lench Mob Records label. Wheaton and Cube in collaboration with
Chilly Chill and New York-based
hip hop production team
The Bomb Squad produced Ice Cube's debut solo studio album ''
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted and the follow-up Kill at Will'' EP, both released in 1990. Both these projects were certified Platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America. In the same year, Wheaton produced "Ain't Nothin' but a Word to Me", the only song from
Too $hort's
Short Dog's in the House album, which also featured a
guest appearance from Ice Cube In 1991, Wheaton produced a significant number of songs on
Yo-Yo's
Make Way for the Motherlode,
WC and the Maad Circle's ''
Ain't a Damn Thang Changed'', and Ice Cube's
Death Certificate, including the N.W.A
diss track "
No Vaseline". He also produced Ice Cube's "How to Survive in South Central", from the
Boyz n the Hood soundtrack, and
Tone Lōc "I Adore You". Continuing into 1992 with Cube's
The Predator and
Yo-Yo's 1992
Black Pearl, Wheaton also ventured into the
East Coast hip hop scene, producing the majority of
Kool G Rap's final studio album with DJ Polo,
Live and Let Die, and also provided additional production on two tracks for
George Clinton's son Trey Lewd's
Drop the Line, and the title track for
Music from the Motion Picture Trespass. Wheaton created remixes for
rap-rock outfits such as
Rage Against the Machine's "
Guerrilla Radio", "
Bullet in the Head", and an unreleased remix of "
Bombtrack", all of which were recorded in 1992. After producing a couple of tracks on Ice Cube's 1993 album
Lethal Injection, Wheaton stopped working with Cube and his group
Da Lench Mob due to their controversial directions. He moved on to producing for R&B-oriented solo acts such as
CeCe Peniston,
Gerald Levert,
Isaac Hayes,
Teena Marie, and former
Bell Biv DeVoe member
Ricky Bell. Following a low-profile independent solo album in 1995, Wheaton returned to production, producing on Gooch's 1997 album
A Lot on It and
Xzibit's 1998 album
40 Dayz & 40 Nightz. He also helped to produce skits on
Tash's 1999
Rap Life and helped on Xzibit's 2000
Restless.
2000s Wheaton provided production work on a song from comedian
Eddie Griffin's 2003 film
Dysfunktional Family soundtrack. Same year he produced a couple of tracks on
The Comrads member Gangsta album
Penitentiary Chances, as well as a
posse cut on
Westside Connection's album
Terrorist Threats. Outside of some minor production on
Kurupt's 2004 album
Originals and 2005 album
Against the Grain, Xzibit's 2004 album
Weapons of Mass Destruction, and
Ras Kass's 2009 project
Quarterly, Sir Jinx was relatively low-key during this period.
2010s In 2010, Wheaton produced a song for
Sadat X's
Wild Cowboys II album, as well as the track "Life in California" from Ice Cube's
I Am the West album, which marked the first time Wheaton and Cube had worked together on any new material together in several years. In an October 2010 interview for
HipHopDX, He has also DJ'ed for various TV shows including
Jimmy Kimmel Live! and "The
Orlando Jones Show". In 1993, Wheaton appeared in a cameo in
John Singleton's romantic drama film
Poetic Justice. ==Production discography==