[12][13] The test of her skills as an emcee and her rise to notoriety came when Toni Blackman suggested that Mahogany Jones compete in a rap battle on the cable network BET's program 106 & Park in a new segment known as Freestyle Friday.

Feeling the pressure, Mahogany made a bargain with God before appearing on the show to use her new emcee skills to glorify him if he allowed her to win.

[14] January 2012, at the behest of her mentor, Toni Blackman, Mahogany Jones applied for American Music Abroad, a cultural diplomacy program built on the legacy of the Jazz Ambassadors program and facilitated by American Voices on behalf of the U.S. State Department.

While there, Jones taught workshops[17] with local artists, headlined the Amaka Arts Festival[18] in Zambia, appeared on radio shows, performed for students as Livingstone-Kolobeng College and National University of Rwanda,[19][20] as well as for dignitaries and Vice President of Zambia and his family.

Academy in Iraq, Jones taught hip-hop theater and emceeing classes alongside Broadway performer, Michael Parks and break dancer, Cricket.