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Mike Jones (born January 6, 1981 in Houston, TexasMike Jones is a southern rap artist from the northside of Houston. He is part of Swishahouse records, and well known for his unique

Mike Jones has become well known for his unique repetition of his own name throughout his songs. Many of his songs contain the phrases "Who is Mike Jones?" or "Mike Jones!". His major promotional gimmick is to sell and hand out shirts with his cell phone number on them (athletic department- shirts reading "Property of Mike Jones"), as well as shouting out the number throughout his mixtapes and albums, encouraging fans to call him on his Motorola phone.

Jones is well known for recording in the "chopped popularized by DJ Screw, also of Houston. The slowed-down audio aesthetic supposedly mimics the effect of "sippin' sizzurp," that is, drinking preion cough syrup containing codeine (often, though not always, mixed with alcohol). Most followers of the chopped claim that it has outgrown its drug-related roots. Jones' trademark technique is to take a line from one of his songs and use it as a chorus in another, or sometimes even in the same song, screwing chopping and repeating it (for example, the chorus in "Back Then" is a screwed line from "Still Tippin'"). Repeating a line multiple times (a line is repeated eight times in a row on the track "Back Then") in succession is said to violate an unspoken and widely accepted rap rule of repetition. He backs up his by explaining that the repetition emphasizes key points he wants to get across to listeners and has declared that he will continue to rap in this fashion.

Mike Jones was recently signed to a major record deal with Warner Brothers Records and his first major album, , was released on April 19, 2005. His hit single, "Still Tippin'" featured Slim Thug and Paul Wall, and a Midwest remix featuring Young Bellz. His album debuted at #3 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album charts in 2005. His production team has been noted for their use of audio samples of artists ranging from yodelers to Tchaikovsky. He will be working with Clint Saulsberry in 2005 on a number of remixes. Jones is now preparing for his next album, "The American Dream".

In the future, Jones plans on working with Mario Vazquez, an American Idol contestant that withdrew because of "personal reasons".

Jones made his acting debut on the November 28, 2005 episode of the Fox television series Prison Break in a small role as a driver.

Mike Jones is also owner of Ice Age Entertainment, a record company.