T.O.N.E.-z is an American musician, rapper, and actor most known for his Emmy nomination for the theme song to FX Network drama series "Justified," produced by Gangstagrass, in the original main title theme music in 2010. The aforementioned theme song, "Long Hard Times to Come," has gained 1.5 million views on YouTube. The music video was featured on the season 1 DVD of "Justified," which sold over 1,000,000 units.

T.O.N.E.-z previously used the alias Style and signed with Select Records, whose acts included the likes of Chubb Rock, Kid N' Play and M.O.P. His first release was entitled "In Tone We Trust," additionally releasing two singles, "The Assassinator" and "What a Brother Know". After splitting with the record company, he dropped the Style moniker and officially took the name T.O.N.E before morphing into T.O.N.E-z.

T.O.N.E.-z's September 2014 feature length album "Fog of War" was acclaimed for the artist's trademark bluegrass-hip hop infused style, with hard-hitting lyrics and powerful delivery set against country flavored beats. It featured a collaboration with "Justified" season 5 actress Alicia Witt called "My Baby Girl" in addition to tracks with Crucifix and Gangstagrass. His 2015 album "Roses and Poison" features collaborations with UK artist on the rise Katie Sky ("Monster" with Timeflies) and mega producer Brad Walsh (Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Rihanna, Beyonce, Britney Spears). 

Along with Gangstagrass, T.O.N.E.-z has accumulated roughly 332,536 in combined single sales as well as 64,859 in combined album and EP sales. Gangstagrass' recent album "American Music" featuring T.O.N.E.-z debuted at #5 on Billboard's bluegrass chart. They have gone on to have music featured on the biggest networks from MTV ("Buckwild") to Fox ("Bones") to The History Channel (trailer of "Appalachian Outlaws") to UFC and ESPN ("ESPN First Take").

Crossing over into acting, the rapper had a recurring character in season 4 of "Justified," portraying a henchman named Barnes for villain Limehouse, played by veteran actor Mykelti Williamson. Since 2014, T.O.N.E.-z has begun appearing in independent films soon to be released publicly. 

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