AMP Founder/Editor-in-Chief

Timothy William Prolific Veit Jones is the global ambassador for Corporate B-Boyism. Corporate B-Boysim is a philosophy of liminality.  Jones is a writer, publisher, activist, hotelier, and ambassador of the Black Long Island experience.

Writing since the age of 12, he first embarked on a journey with his pen to cope with the loss of his first cousin, André Maurice Veit, his parents' divorce, depression, and early encounters with Long Island's competing brands of overt and covert racism.

From 2002-2004, Timothy was a founding member of The Cataclysm, a hip-hop/spoken-word fusion group based out of Hunter College. It was during this time that he was given the name Prolific by his mother, due to the voluminous output of poetry that he had written as a member of the group. The Cataclysm embarked on several college tours, and released an independent cd titled The Movement. The years spent working with the members of the group (The MarXman, SoSoon, K-Mil, & Darkside) contributed heavily to his growth as an artist, and aided greatly in honing his craft.

Timothy's dedication to his community extends far beyond his artwork. In 2002, he joined Blackout Arts Collective (BAC), an award winning national grassroots organization dedicated to empowering communities of color through the arts, education, and activism. BAC was co-founded by non-profit powerhouse and AMP|Indelible artist Taij Moteelall in 1997. Through Blackout, Timothy embarked on the 2003 Lyrics on Lockdown Tour: Slamming the Prison Industrial Complex, performing and conducting workshops in poetry cafes, nightclubs, halfway houses, juvenile detention centers, and prisons. He has conducted workshops on political education, using hip-hop and poetry as pedagogical tools in the classroom, and produced a year's worth of notable showcases in NYC, including Art or Die in 2007 at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.  In 2007, Timothy was appointed to Blackout's Board of Directors, and  served as Co-Chairman with fellow Indelible Poetry artist and Blackout activist Nigel Greaves.

Timothy Prolific Jones has performed across the country in open mics, slams, hip-hop showcases, and speaking engagements at venues including The Nuyorican Poets Cafe and Bar 13 to Rikers Island, New York University, and Riverside Church. AMP|Indelible published a limited-edition self-titled book of his early work in 2005 to much success. His poetry has been recently featured in Gunplay, a graphic novel created by Jorge Vega, and published through Platinum Studios. Timothy is currently working on several books of poetry concurrently.