Anthony D. Wheaton (born June 3, 1970),[1] professionally known by his stage name Sir Jinx, is an American hip hop record producer and rapper from Los Angeles.
[2] He produced tracks for the likes of Dazzie Dee, Westside Connection, Too Short, Yo-Yo, Tone Loc, Kool G Rap, CeCe Peniston, Xzibit and Kurupt among others, and also remixed songs for Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy and Toni Braxton.
Anthony "Sir Jinx" Wheaton began his career in the mid-80s as a part of hip hop duo the Stereo Crew with fellow rapper Ice Cube.
In 1991, Wheaton produced a significant number of songs on Yo-Yo's Make Way for the Motherlode, WC and the Maad Circle's Ain't a Damn Thang Changed, and Ice Cube's Death Certificate, including NWA diss track "No Vaseline".
Continuing into 1992 with Cube's The Predator and Yo-Yo's 1992 Black Pearl, Wheaton stepped onto East Coast hip hop scene producing the majority of Kool G Rap's final studio album with DJ Polo Live and Let Die, and also managed to provide additional production on two tracks for George Clinton's son Trey Lewd's Drop the Line, and to produce the title track for Music from the Motion Picture Trespass.
Wheaton provided production work on a song from comedian Eddie Griffin's 2003 film Dysfunktional Family soundtrack.
In an October 2010 interview for HipHopDX,[4] Wheaton stated that he was going to help produce cousin Dr. Dre's long-awaited release Detox.
The group released their album Sir Jinx Presents General Population: Rime Scene in 2011 featuring guest appearances from Butch Cassidy, Roscoe, Devin the Dude, Jayo Felony, Kurupt, Ras Kass.