Krondon

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Krondon
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Krondon in 2025
Born
Marvin Jones III

(1976-07-09) July 9, 1976 (age 49)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • rapper
  • songwriter
Years active2003–present
Musical career
Genres Hip hop
Labels Blacksmith Records

Marvin Jones III (born July 9, 1976), also known as Krondon, is an American rapper and actor from Los Angeles, California. [1] He is a member of the group Strong Arm Steady, along with rappers Phil Da Agony and Mitchy Slick. As an actor, Jones is known primarily for playing albino supervillains, including Tobias Whale in The CW series Black Lightning (2018–2021), and voicing Tombstone in the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), a role he will reprise in the live-action film Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) and the Spider-Verse sequel Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027).

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Early life

Jones grew up in South Central, Los Angeles. [1] He is an African American with albinism. [2]

Career

Music career

Strong Arm Steady formed in 2003, [3] and released its debut album Deep Hearted in 2007 followed by the mixtape Gang Mentality, the conceptual album In Search of Stoney Jackson and their most recent installment, Arms & Hammers . [3]

Krondon's debut album, Everything’s Nothing, came out in 2013. [4] [5]

Krondon collaborated with Shafiq Husayn (Sa-Ra Creative Partners) under the group name White Boiz, releasing the 2015 album Neighborhood Wonderful on Stones Throw Records. [6] [7]

Krondon also ghostwrites for other rappers, such as Snoop Dogg, [3] Dr. Dre, and Xzibit and Big Geronimo from Barkie Doezoe Gang [4] [5]

Filmography

Film

List of performances in film
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2013Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw RecordsHimselfDocumentary film
2018 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Lonnie Lincoln / Tombstone Voice role; Feature film [8]
2025 Shadow Force Cysgod [9]
2026 Spider-Man: Brand New Day Lonnie Lincoln / TombstoneFilming [10]
2027 Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Voice role; In production [10]

Television

List of performances on television
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2011 Harry's Law Castor MukasaEpisode: "American Dreams" [4]
2018–21 Black Lightning Tobias Whale Series regular [4] [11] [1] [3] [5] [12]
2020 Into the Dark OrderlyEpisode: "The Current Occupant"
2024 Halo Louis-036Recurring role; season 2
2024 The Equalizer ClayEpisode: "Blind Justice"

Discography

With Strong Arm Steady

Solo Discography

With Shafiq Husayn (White Boiz)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "5 Things You Didn't Know About Marvin Krondon Jones III". 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Nat (2017-08-18). "5 Things You Didn't Know About Marvin Krondon Jones III". TVOvermind. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Strong Arm Steady". HotNewHipHop. March 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "'Black Lighting' Casts L.A. Rapper Krondon as Big Bad Tobias Whale". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "'Black Lightning' Taps Rapper Krondon as Key Villain". The Hollywood Reporter . 10 August 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "White Boiz | Discography | Discogs". Discogs.com. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Krondon And Shafiq Husayn Are WHITE BOIZ | Stones Throw Records". Stones Throw Records. 2 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Zachary, Brandon (December 1, 2018). "Black Lightning Star Is a Marvel Crime Boss in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse". Comic Book Resources . Archived from the original on December 2, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  9. ↑ Grobar, Matt (August 30, 2022). "'Shadow Force': Mark Strong, Jahleel Kamara, Marvin "Krondon" Jones III, Natalia Reyes, Yoson An & Ed Quinn Board Lionsgate Action-Thriller". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2023-03-10. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  10. 1 2 Grobar, Matt (September 23, 2025). "Marvin Jones III To Play Crime Boss Tombstone In 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day'". Deadline. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  11. ↑ Chavez, Danette (15 January 2018). "Don't worry about the crossovers—Black Lightning doesn't need any other heroes". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  12. ↑ Bryant, Jacob (10 August 2017). "'Black Lightning': Marvin 'Krondon' Jones III Joins Cast as Tobias Whale" . Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  13. ↑ Strong Arm Steady & Statik Selektah "Stereotype" Tracklist & Cover Art
  14. ↑ "Strong Arm Steady and Oh No: Stereo Jr". Stones Throw Records. November 25, 2012.
  15. ↑ Schwartz, Danny (September 16, 2015). "Behind The Beat: Chase N. Cashe". HotNewHipHop.
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