Life Grace Mendoza Jones waqala ngoMeyi 19, 1952 eJamica, eSpain Town - eyayiyinhloko-dolobha yaleli zwe esiqhingini. Kodwa-ke, leli dolobha eliyinhloko laseJamaica lincane kakhulu kangangokuba alikhumbuzi umuzi nhlobo. Kodwa nansi isonto elidumile kunazo zonke esifundeni saseCaribbean - iCathhedral of St. James, ithempeli elidala kunazo zonke lase-Anglican ngaphandle kweNgilandi. Kwakuyi-cathedral eyadlala indima ekhethekile ekupheleni kukaGrace, ngoba uyise wengane esanda kuzalwa, uRobert Jones, wayengumpristi wale tempile kanye nombhishobhi waseJamica. Unina womculi nomlingisi uGrace Jones, uMarjorie, wayengumfazi wendlu - umfazi wobhishobhi oyisibonelo. "Ngazalwa emndenini ongokwenkolo kakhulu," kukhumbula umculi nomculi uGrace Jones emibhalweni yakhe ethi "Isiphepho Grace".
Ngikholelwa , iJamaica yindawo enhle kunazo zonke emhlabeni, ipharadesi langempela labo abathanda ukuphumula nokuphumula. Kodwa uma uyihlo ungumbhishobhi, ukuphila lapha kungase kungabonakali gay. Konke ubuntwana bami obudlulele ekudleni futhi ngaphansi kokulawula okuqaphile. Angikwazi ukwenza lutho olungcolile futhi olungenangqondo, ngangingeke ngigqoke izingubo zokugqoka, ngicule izingoma ezidumile, ngifunde amanoveli omculo, futhi ngidlale nezingane zomakhelwane. Babengavunyelwe ukugqoka ubucwebe bezimpahla, kodwa kwakudingeka baphuphe kuphela ngokugqoka i-trousers yabo. " Into kuphela eyayingenzeka kumculi omncane nomlingisi uGrace Jones ukuya esikoleni ukuthola izifundo, ukuya esontweni ukuyokhonza nokufunda iBhayibheli.
Konke lokhu akuzange kunikeze injabulo enkulu, kodwa akazange abheke ezinye izinketho, futhi, ukwethembeka, kugwenywe. "Ngaphezu kwakho konke, ubaba wayethanda ukungesabisa nge-rasta-manami, ayebheka uSathane nabokuzibonakalisa zonke izono emhlabeni," kusho uJones. - Futhi lokhu kukhuliswa kwaba yimpumelelo kakhulu - ebusheni bami ngisemgwaqeni lapho kukhona abantu ababonakala bephethe ama-pigtails-dreadlocks. ngigijime ukuyofihla ngaphansi kombhede, imithandazo yokudumala, futhi ngisho nalapho ngisemusha ngangizama ukugwema kubo ... "
Ngo-1962, i-Jamaica yazuza ukuzibusa eMbusweni waseBrithani, futhi ama-radicals avela ku-People's National Party aqala ukubusa kuleli zwe - ama-rastamans afanako uMbhishobhi uMbhishobhi uRobert Jones wesaba kakhulu. Engathandi ukubekezelela ukuhlukaniswa komuzi omkhulu, wanquma ukuthuthela eMelika ngokushesha. Okokuqala, umbhishobhi nomkakhe kuphela abaya e-US, kanti uGrace, kanye nabafowabo nodadewabo, bahlala benakekelwa ngumalumekazi wakhe. Ubaba wethu naye wayengumpristi, enenkani ngisho nobaba, "kukhumbula uGrace. Kodwa-ke, le ndaba ayikho enkolweni, kodwa eqinisweni ukuthi umalume wayehlale efuna ukulalela imiyalo yakhe engenamaphutha, futhi kuphela izwi lakhe kwakungumthetho. Wenza ngezinye izikhathi ngezindlela ezinonya kakhulu.
Ngolunye usuku, ngiyakhumbula , wasihlaba umxhwele thina nomfowabo ngoba nje sivula ukukhanya ngaphandle kwemvume yakhe. Wathatha ucingo kagesi wasishaya waze wafika igazi. Kodwa ngalolo suku ngafunda esinye isifundo, hhayi lowo ubaba wethu ayemethemba. Ugogo wethu wagijimela ukukhala kwethu, okwaba neminyaka engu-93 ubudala. Wathatha ucingo kumalume wakhe waqala ukuwuqeda, futhi wema ngaphandle kokugqugquzela, futhi ethule, wayebekezelele - yebo, ngoba wayengunina. " Khona-ke okwenzekile kakhulu kwamhlaba umxhwele uGrace omncane, kangangokuthi isikhathi eside wabumba isimo sengqondo sokuvukela kunoma yiluphi uhlobo lwamandla. "Ngangizama njalo ukuba ngowesifazane onamandla njengogogo, owakwazi ukukhahlela imbongolo noma yimuphi umuntu!" - usho kanje. Ngokumangazayo, lezo zindlela zemfundo azizange zifulathele imfundo yenkolo yomfowabo ongumKristu, owaba umpristi. Namuhla, ungumculi odumile wezingoma zezenkolo, esebenza e-United States ngaphansi kwegama likaMfundisi uNoel.
Ngesikhathi umculi nomlingisi uGrace Jones ephenduka iminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalolunye, yena nomfowabo bahamba baya kubazali babo e-US - edolobheni laseSyrause, e-New York. "Nginguye kuphela intombazane emnyama ekilasini, futhi othisha bethu bangibiza mina nomfowethu" izinhlobo ezigulayo ", - uyakhumbula. "Ngafunda izifundo ezimbili kuphela kulolu sikole: okokuqala, ngaqala ukuzonda isikhathi kusukela ngo-9 ekuseni kuze kuhlwe ntambama-ngaleso sikhathi kwakukhona amakilasi. Okwesibili, ngafunda ukufihla imizwelo yami. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ngibi kangakanani, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ngihlambalaza kanjani, ngeke neze ubone izinyembezi zami. Ngihlale ngimomotheka, ngizohlale nginjengomnqobi. " Ukulingwa okunjalo nokuhleka usulu uGrace wagxila kuze kube yilapho ekhula futhi eba ngcono kakhulu. Okungenani kuze kube yinto yokucansi. "Ngeshumi nesithupha ngithole ukuthi nginemilenze emide eqhuba bonke abafana endaweni yokuhlambalaza. Ngaphambi kwalokho, angizange ngizibheke, kodwa kunalokho, ubaba nomalume bafundisa ukuthi umzimba wami uyinto enengekayo, futhi yonke imicabango yothando lwenyama iyisono. Futhi nginqume ukwenza isikhathi esilahlekile, ngichitha konke ukuvinjelwa kwabazali nezindwangu zami. "
Isibongo sokuqala , esabhubhisa, kwakuyimfundo. Ubaba wayephikisana kakhulu noGrace eqhubeka nezifundo zakhe - ngombono wakhe, indodakazi yombhishobhi waseJamaican kufanele ibe yindoda yompristi kuphela nomama wendlu oyisibonelo. Kodwa uGrace wabalekela ekhaya wangena eNyuvesi yaseTheater. Kulolu cala wazisizwa ngokungalindelekile ngumama wakhe, ngaphambi kokuba umshado wakhe abe ngumdanso oqeqeshiwe. Ngokusobala, uMarjorie Jones uye wanquma ngale ndlela ukukhokhela umsebenzi wakhe owonakele ngenxa yomyeni wakhe. UMarjorie wakwazi ukuphikelela, futhi ubaba wavuma ukukhokhela imfundo yakhe. Ngokushesha, uGrace onomunwe omude wabona, futhi waqala ukumemeza ukuba asuswe ukuze athenge.
Ngo-1973, uGrace naye wathola indima yakhe yokuqala yefilimu - kwakuyi-box office fighter ethi "I-War of Gordon", lapho uGrace edlala khona umdayisi wezidakamizwa. Ngonyaka ofanayo, waqala umsebenzi wokuzilolonga - wabamba iqhaza emibonisweni yeqoqo elivela kuPaul Cardin, wathathwa isithombe sikaHelutut Newton ngokwakhe. U-Grace uyakhumbula: "Ngabe senginquma ukuthi ngizoba yisibonelo. - Ngathuthela eParis futhi ngashada indawo yokuhlala - noma kunalokho, sasidubula kathathu: Mina, Jerry Hall noJessica Lange. Kwakungeyona indawo yokuhlala, kodwa imbobo yangempela, kodwa sasihlala maphakathi neParis. Akukho lutho lokuthi isaphulelo salesi sigqomo sasiyiphenduke yonke imali, kodwa sazizwa siphila phakathi kwezwe. Ngisavame ukubizwa ngokuthi "umkhiqizo wesiko laseMelika." Lokhu kuyize. Ngangihlale ngizizwa njengomuntu ohlala e-Old World, ngakhulela emasikweni aseYurophu, futhi kwakuseParis ukuthi ukukhula kwami nokwaziswa kwami njengomuntu kwenzeka. Ngingumkhiqizo we-100% wesiko saseYurophu. " Lokhu kwaqinisekiswa futhi, ngenkathi uJohn eya eyozama inhlanhla ebhizinisini le-United States. Le nkinga ayizange ibuzwe ngokushesha: abahleli bamamagazini wesilisa bathola uGrace ukuthi mkhulu futhi unamandla ukujabulisa iMelika ejwayelekile.
Ngomunye wemiboniso ephezulu "i-Panther yaseNtshonalanga" yaqaphela umdwebi wefashini wokuqala uJean-Paul Gaultier, owayesebenza uCardin. WayenguGauthier owasungula umculi nomlingisi uGrace Jones kumuntu owaba ngumngane oseduze kakhulu noJonathan. Kwakuyi-Andy Warhol omkhulu, esevele egeza emisebeni yenkazimulo. Njengoba uGauthier ekhumbula eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, "UWarhol wanqotshwa uGrace kusukela ngomzuzu wokuqala futhi wammema ukuba enze uchungechunge lwezithombe - cishe eminyakeni engamashumi amabili ngaphambi kukaMarilyn Monroe."
"Umusa wangilimaza enhliziyweni," u-Andy Warhol wabhala encwadini yakhe yezenzakalo. Kwaphela amahora amabili sasihlala futhi sikhuluma, noma kunalokho, wathi, futhi ngimbheka ubuso bakhe. Ngemva kwamahora amathathu ngabona ukuthi ngitholile imyuziyamu entsha. Wayefakaza ngokuqondile umoya ozungezile ngogesi, amehlo akhe nomzimba kwakumangalisa kangangokuba isikhumba sami sasihamba. "
Kanye neWarhol, uGrace waphindela eNew York ukuba abe isivakashi esihlala njalo esigodini sebusuku esiyingqayizivele sakwa-Studio 54. Kwakuyisikhungo senkolweni esasungulwa osomabhizinisi bezobuchwepheshe uSteve Rubell noJan Shrager ekwakhiweni kwendawo yaseshashalazini yaseThe New Yorker kanye ne-studio yekhonsathi ye-CBS, lapho zonke izinkanyezi zendawo yaseMelika zaqala imisebenzi yazo. Isithombe esifanayo sakhiwe futhi i-Studio Studio 54 - yindawo lapho "izinkanyezi" zivaliwe khona. Lapho bephumula futhi bejabule bonke abacebile futhi abadumile, ama-sheikh ase-Arabhu ayekulungele ukwenza amahora amaningi ezindiza ezinkonzweni zomuntu siqu, ukuchitha amahora ambalwa lapho, bonke bahamba lapho. Njengomnikazi walokhu okungaboni kahle okushiwo nguSteve Rubelle ukuthanda ukusho, "uma ungaziwa ku-Studio 54. akekho owaziyo." Ikhodi yokugqoka, ukulawula ubuso obunzima kanye nesidingo sokuthanda uSteve ngokushesha - kwakukhona lezo zakhi ezavula umnyango ngaphakathi. U-Grace Jones wanqoba i-Studio 54 esenzweni sokuqala.
Uthi: "Njalo ebusuku , idrama ezibuhlungu zidlala eminyangweni yeqembu," kukhumbula. Abantu base bekulungele ukuthengisa umphefumulo kuSathane. Ngabona owesifazane othile wezwe ecela ukuhlukumeza, uma nje evunyelwe, kanti omunye umuntu wayesekhuphuka nomkhumbi. Yini eyabakhanga lapho? Abantu, umculo, umkhathi weqembu, iphunga lobulili, umbuso wecala, umkhosi ongapheli. Kuqembu ngalinye, abanikazi beqembu babashintsha ingaphakathi, futhi zonke izivakashi zazizwa ukuthi ubusuku bonke uya endaweni entsha. Usuku oluningi lwaleli qembu laliyindlu yesibili. U-Andy wayehlale efayeni lakhe eliyintandokazi egumbini lokuphumula, futhi uma ubungekho, ngisho nobusuku obulodwa, wayezosho: "Yebo, uphethwe iqembu elihle kakhulu." Futhi uma u-Andy ngokwakhe engakwazi ukuza, wabe esekhala ngosuku olulandelayo ekuseni kakhulu futhi wabuza ukuthi konke kwakunjani. "
Izihlobo zakwaGrace ezake zilalele zithukuthele ngendlela intombazane eyayixoshwa ngayo. Izingxoxo ikakhulukazi ezinomphefumulo zaziwuthanda uMfoweth 'uNoel. "Sasibuhlobo obunzima kakhulu," kubhala uGrace. "Ungumuntu ohloniphekile njengobaba nomalume wakhe." Izikhathi eziningana wangitshela obala ukuthi ubufebe obubi kanye nokuzalwa komphik'ukristu, futhi, ngoNkulunkulu, ngaleso sikhathi ngangifuna ukumshaya ukuze ngife futhi ngibheke ubuso bakhe bonke. Asizange sikhulume iminyaka eminingi, kodwa ngolunye usuku ngamtshela kanje: lalela, mfowethu, empeleni, nginobuhlobo obuhle noNkulunkulu, iNkosi iyazi ukuthi ngingubani ngempela. Kodwa lokhu akuvimbeli ukuba ngingakholelwa ekuzalweni kabusha komphefumulo noma emlonyeni we-voodoo. "
"Isikhathi Senkanyezi" UGrace Jones weza emcimbini ngokuhlonipha iNew 1977. U-Shreger noWarhol bahlela ndawonye umbukiso emoyeni we-escus ukusebenza: isitekisi eseccus circus nesihlabathi, ama-mermaids ku-trapezoids kanye nomdanso we-dance dance. U-Grace ngokwakhe waya emphakathini ngokuphelele naked, noma kunalokho, indlu yangasese kwakuyintambo kuphela yobuhlalu. Wayehamba nephakeji labafana, abavezela izinja emakoleni, uGrace wabo uholele emaketangeni. "Khona-ke, eminyakeni engama-70, sonke sasithanda ukuzijabulisa, futhi ngezinye izikhathi lokhu kumnandi kwadlula kude," kusho uGrace. Kodwa, kholwa kimi, kuthatha ingqondo enengqondo, ukusebenza kanzima nokuhleka kahle, ukuze iqembu liqaphele kuwe ukuthi lo mdlalo ohlelekile ongavunyelwa emphakathini ohloniphekile. "
Futhi uGrace wasebenza kanzima. Ngonyaka ofanayo no-1977, wakhulula i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ye-Portfolio - i-mix exotic yama-anti-hits endala ye-jazz nenkathi yezindlela zokufakela izitayela. Igama elilandelayo le-LPs no-Muse bamlethela isimo se "disco goddess" emhlabeni. Ama-albhamu aphumelele nakakhulu yi-Warm Leatherette no-Nightclubbing - ku-albhamu yokugcina, u-Grace wahlabelela enkampanini yezinkanyezi ezifana ne-Iggy Pop, i-Sting, i-Bryan Ferry ne-The Pretenders.