Life Grace Mendoza Jones ya fara Mayu 19, 1952 a Jamaica, a cikin Mutanen Espanya - tsohon babban birnin kasar. Duk da haka, wannan babban gari na Jamaica yana da ƙananan cewa ba ta tunatar da birnin ba. Amma a nan shi ne coci mafi shahara a yankin Caribbean - Cathedral na St. James, mafi girma na Anglican temple a waje na Ingila. Wannan babban coci ne da ke taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin nasara na Grace, domin mahaifin jaririn, Robert Jones, shi ne firist na wannan Haikali da kuma bishop na Jamaica. Mahaifiyar mawaƙa da kuma mai suna Grace Jones, Marjorie, ita ce matar auren - matar kirista ce mai kyau. "An haife ni ne a cikin iyali mai mahimmanci," in ji mai son Singer da kuma mai suna Grace Jones a cikin tarihinta "Hurricane Grace".
Ku yi imani da ni , Jamaica ita ce wuri mafi kyau a duniya, ainihin aljanna ga masu sha'awar shakatawa da shakatawa. Amma idan mahaifinka ya zama bishop, rayuwa a nan ba zata yi kama ba. Duk lokacin da nake yaro na ƙetare ne da kuma kula da hankali. Ba zan iya yin wani abu marar kyau ba, ba zan iya yin riguna na riguna ba, na raira waƙoƙin rairayi, karanta littattafan romance, har ma da wasa da wasu 'yan uwan. Ba a ba su damar yin ado da kayan ado ba, amma sun yi mafarki ne kawai game da sa kan rigunansu. " Abin da kawai zai yiwu ga wani saurayi mai suna Grace Jones shine zuwa makaranta don darussan, je zuwa coci don hidima kuma karanta Littafi Mai-Tsarki.
Duk wannan ba ya ba da sha'awa sosai, amma ba ta la'akari da wasu zaɓuɓɓuka ba, kuma, don gaskiya, kauce masa. "Yawancin haka, mahaifina yana so in tsoratar da ni tare da rasta-manami, wanda ya dauki shaidan da kuma aiwatar da dukan zunubai a duniya," in ji Jones. - Kuma wannan upbringing ya kasance mai matukar nasara - a cikin yara na kasance kawai a kan titi akwai bayyana mutane tare da pigtails-dreadlocks. ya gudu zuwa ɓoye a ƙarƙashin gado, yin addu'a mai juyayi, har ma a matsayin matashi Na yi ƙoƙarin kauce musu ... "
A shekarar 1962, Jamaica ta sami 'yancin kai daga Birtaniya, kuma' yan majalisa daga Jam'iyyar Jama'ar ta zo su yi mulki a kasar - irin wannan furucin cewa Bishop Bishop Robert Jones ya ji tsoro. Yayin da yake so ya yi watsi da rabuwa daga garin, ya yanke shawara ya gaggauta tafiya Amurka. Na farko, kawai bishop da matarsa sun tafi Amirka, kuma Grace, tare da 'yan uwanta, sun kasance a kula da kawunta. "Mu kawunmu kuma wani firist ne, ko da ya fi na mahaifina," in ji Grace. Duk da haka, al'amarin bai kasance a cikin addini ba, amma a gaskiya cewa kawu yana buƙatar yin biyayya ga umarnin sa ido, kuma kalmarsa kawai ita ce doka. Ya yi aiki a wasu lokuta ta hanya mafi muni.
Wata rana, na tuna , ya zuga mana da ɗan'uwansa ne kawai saboda mun juya haske ba tare da izininsa ba. Ya dauki waya na lantarki kuma ya buge mu har sai jinin ya fito. Amma a wannan rana na koyi wani darasi, ba wanda kawunmu suka yi tsammani ba. Gidanmu ya zo ne zuwa ga kuka, wanda ya kai shekaru 93. Ta dauki waya daga kawunwarta kuma ta fara fadada shi, sai ya tsaya ba tare da motsawa ba, kuma ya yi haƙuri, ba shakka, domin ita ce uwarsa. " Bayan haka, abin da ya faru ya yi farin ciki ga matashi Grace, cewa ta dogon hali ta nuna rashin biyayya ga kowane irin iko. "Kullum ina ƙoƙari na zama mai ƙarfi mace kamar yadda tsohuwata ke da kyan gani," in ji ta. Abin mamaki, irin wannan ilimin ba ya juya daga ilimin addini na dan uwansa Kirista, wanda ya zama firist. A yau, shi mashahurin shahararrun waƙoƙin bishara na addini, yin aiki a Amurka a ƙarƙashin rubutun littafin Noel.
A lokacin da mawaƙa da kuma mai suna Grace Jones suka juya shekara goma sha uku, ita da dan uwanta sun tafi iyayensu a Amurka - a garin Syracuse, a Jihar New York. "Ni kadai ne baƙar fata a cikin aji, kuma malamanmu sun kira ni da ɗan'uwana" marasa lafiya "iri-iri, - in ji ta. "Na koyi darussa guda biyu daga wannan makaranta: na farko, na fara ƙi lokaci daga tara zuwa safiya har zuwa uku na rana-kawai a wannan lokacin ana karatun azuzuwan. Abu na biyu, Na koyi in ɓoye motsin zuciyarmu. Ko da yaya ba ni da kyau, ko ta yaya cin mutunci zan kasance, ba za ka taba ganin hawaye ba. Kullum ina yin murmushi, zan kasance kamar mai nasara. " Irin wannan gwaji da ba'a na Grace ya jimre har sai ta tsufa kuma ya zama mafi girma. Akalla har sai ya zama abin jima'i. "A cikin goma sha shida na gano cewa ina da kafafu da yawa da ke motsa dukan mutanen da ke cikin unguwar. Kafin wannan, ban yi la'akari da kaina ba, amma, mahaifina da kawuna sun koya mini cewa jiki na da ban sha'awa, duk tunanin tunanin soyayya shine zunubi. Kuma na yanke shawara na ci gaba da ɓata lokaci, na lalata dukan iyaye da kuma haramtacciyar iyaye. "
Saboo ta farko , wanda ta hallaka, ta kasance ilimi. Mahaifina ya yi tsayayya da Grace ci gaba da karatunsa - a ra'ayinsa, 'yar majalisa ta Jamaica ta zama matar matar firist ne kawai da kuma matar aure mai kyau. Amma Grace gudu daga gida kuma ya shiga Jami'ar Theatre. A wannan yanayin ta mahaifiyarta ta taimaka masa ba tare da dadewa ba, wanda kafin auren shi dan wasan bidiyo ne. A bayyane yake, Marjorie Jones ya yanke shawara ta wannan hanya don ya rama wa kansa aikin da kansa ya ɓata. Marjorie ta ci gaba da tace ta, kuma mahaifina ya yarda ya biya bashin ilimin 'yarsa. Ba da daɗewa ba, Grace ya lura, kuma ya fara kira gayyatar da za'a cire shi don talla.
A shekara ta 1973, Grace kuma ya karbi rawar fim na farko na fim - shi ne babban kwamandan ofishin jakadancin "War of Gordon", inda Grace ya ci dillalan miyagun ƙwayoyi. A cikin wannan shekara, ta fara aiki na hotunan aiki - ta shiga cikin jerin abubuwan da aka tattara daga Pierre Cardin, wanda Helmut Newton ta dauka ta hoton. "Na yanke shawarar cewa zan zama misali," in ji Grace. - Na koma Paris kuma na yi hayar gida - ko dai, mun harbe ta uku: Ni, Jerry Hall da Jessica Lange. Ba gida ba ne, amma rami ne, amma mun zauna a tsakiyar Paris. Babu wani abu da kudin haya na wannan datti da muke da kusan dukkanin kuɗin da aka samu, amma mun ji kanmu muna zaune a tsakiyar duniya. Har yanzu an kira ni "samfurin al'adun Amirka." Wannan furci ne. Ko da yaushe ina jin kamar mai zama na Tsohon Alkawari, An haife ni a cikin al'adun Turai, kuma a Paris na girma da sanin kaina a matsayin mutum ya faru. Ina da kashi 100% na al'adun Turai. " An tabbatar da wannan a sake, lokacin da Jones ya tafi ya gwada sa'arsa a kasuwancin samfurin Amurka. Ba a tambayi batun nan da nan ba: masu gyara na mujallu na maza sun sami Grace ƙwarai da gaske kuma yana da karfi don faranta wa talakawan Amurka.
A daya daga cikin abubuwan da aka nuna a kan "babban manzo" ya nuna hankalin farkon zane-zane Jean-Paul Gaultier, wanda yayi aiki a Cardin. Gauthier wanda ya gabatar da dan wasan mai suna Grace Jones zuwa wani mutum wanda har abada ya kasance abokin abokiyar Jones da jagorancin tauraro. Yana da babban Andy Warhol, riga ya wanke a cikin hasken ɗaukaka. Kamar yadda Gauthier ya tuna shekaru baya, Grace ya ci nasara da Warhol daga minti na farko sannan ya gayyata ta gabatar da jerin hotuna - kusan kusan shekaru ashirin kafin Marilyn Monroe. "
"Grace ya raunata ni cikin zuciya," in ji Andy Warhol a cikin littafinsa. Na tsawon sa'o'i biyu mun zauna kuma mu yi magana, ko dai, in ji ta, kuma na dubi fuskarta kawai. Shekaru uku bayan haka na gane cewa na sami sabon ƙusa. Tana yin amfani da wutar lantarki ta hanyar iska, idanunsa da jikinsa suna da kyan gani cewa fatar jikina ta fadi. "
Tare da Warhol, Grace ya koma New York don ya kasance mai zama mai dindindin zuwa gidan wasan kwaikwayo na dare mai suna 54. Kungiyar 'yan kasuwa ce da Steve Rubell da Jan Shrager suka kafa a tsohuwar gidan wasan kwaikwayon New Yorker da kuma gidan shakatawa na CBS, inda duk taurari na Amurka suka fara aikin su. Hoton nan ya ci gaba kuma Cibiyar Gidan Yauki 54 - ita ce wurin da "tauraron" yake. A can suka zauna kuma sun kasance masu nishadi da masu shahararrun, mashawarta ta Larabawa sun shirya shirye-shiryen jiragen sama masu yawa a kan su, suna ciyar da 'yan sa'o'i kadan, duk sun tafi can. Kamar yadda mai wannan ma'anar banza Steve Rubelle ya so ya ce, "idan ba a san ka ba a cikin Studio 54. Ba wanda ya san ka." Dokar tufafi, kulawa da fuska da kuma buƙata ya zama kamar Steve - akwai wadanda aka buɗe wanda ya bude kofa a ciki. Grace Jones ya lashe aikin gyare-gyare na 54 a farkon gwaji.
"Kowace rana , wasan kwaikwayo na ban mamaki yana fitowa a kofofin kulob din," in ji ta. Mutane suna shirye su sayar da ran ga shaidan. Na ga daya daga cikin 'yan uwa na ba da kyauta don yada tsirara, idan an yarda da ita, kuma mutum daya ya hau dutsen. Menene ya ja hankalin su a can? Mutane, kiɗa, yanayi na kulob din, wariyar jima'i, mulkin mugunta, bikin marar iyaka. Ga kowane ɓangare, masu mallakar kulob din sun canza ciki, kuma duk baƙi sun ji cewa kowane dare za ku je sabon wuri. Ranar da yawa daga wannan kulob din ita ce ta biyu. Kuma Andy ya kasance a kan gidan sofa mafi kyau a cikin ɗakin kwana, kuma idan ba ku, ko da dare ɗaya ba, zai ce: "Haka ne, kun rasa babban taron." Kuma idan Andy kansa ba zai iya zuwa ba, sai ya tashi da rana mai zuwa sosai da sassafe ya tambaye shi game da yadda duk abin yake. "
Abokan da suka yi biyayya ga Allah sun yi fushi da yadda yarinyar suka kori. Musamman muhimmancin tattaunawa sun kasance da ƙaunar Brother Noel. "Muna da matsala mai wuya," in ji Grace. "Ya kasance mai ra'ayin mazan jiya kamar mahaifinsa da kawu." Yawancin lokaci ya kira ni da karuwanci da karuwa na maƙiyin Kristi, kuma, da Allah, a wannan lokacin na so in buge shi har ya mutu kuma ya farka fuskarsa duka. Ba mu yi magana ba shekaru da yawa, amma wata rana na gaya masa haka: sauraron, ɗan'uwana, a gaskiya, ina da kyakkyawan dangantaka da Allah, Ubangiji ya san ainihin ni. Amma wannan ba ya hana ni daga gaskantawa da sake reincarnation na rai ko cikin sihiri na voodoo. "
"Time Star" Grace Jones ya zo wata ƙungiya don girmama Sabuwar 1977. Shreger da Warhol tare da shirya wani wasan kwaikwayon a cikin ruhun wasan kwaikwayon wasan kwaikwayon: wasan circus circus da yashi, 'yan kasuwa a kan trapezoids da kuma dan wasan rawa. Grace kanta ta tafi ga jama'a cikakke tsirara, ko kuma wajen, ɗakin gidansa kawai ƙira ne kawai. Ta kasance tare da wani fakitin yara maza, waɗanda suka nuna karnuka a cikin collars, da Grace nuna su a kan sarƙoƙi. "Bayan haka, a cikin shekarun 70, mu duka muna so mu yi wasa, kuma wani lokaci ma wannan rawa ya yi nisa," in ji Grace. Amma, gaskanta ni, yana daukan mai yawa hankali, aiki mai kyau da kuma kayan shafa mai kyau, saboda haka jam'iyyar za ta gane a cikinka cewa abin ban dariya wanda za a iya yarda da ita a cikin al'umma mai kyau. "
Kuma Grace ya yi aiki marar ƙarfi. A cikin wannan shekarar 1977, ta fito da kundi na farko na Fayil na Fayil din - wani bidiyo mai yawa na zamanin jazz da kuma rhythms. LPs Fame da Muse na gaba suka kawo ta matsayin matsayin "godiya" disco. Ko mafi kyawun mawallafan sune Warm Leatherette da Nightclubbing - a kan kundi na karshe, Grace ya yi waka tare da taurari irin su Iggy Pop, Sting, Bryan Ferry da kuma Masu Turawa.