- "Why do they call you Piranha?"
"Well, Wall Street is full of great white sharks. So no one sees a piranha coming. They're small, tenacious. So, sometimes you want to stay small. Then other times you wanna play it large!" - ―Luke Cage and Piranha Jones[src]
Raymond Jones, known as Piranha Jones, was a financial expert of Uptown Investments. He advised Mariah Dillard on business opportunities. Jones was captured and killed by Bushmaster as part of his plan to ruin Dillard by stripping her of her money and business. His severed head was left in a tank of piranhas.
Biography
Childhood
- "See, my mother was one of Mama Mabel's hoes. Her best one."
"You sound proud of that."
"Desiree. One of her regulars was a banker. He's big-time. You know. He promised to get her out the life. He fell in love with her hard. But that was bullshit, because he wasn't gonna leave his wife. So my mom just had me, and he stopped calling." - ―Piranha Jones and Luke Cage[src]
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Working for Mariah Dillard
- "I been knowing Mariah since I was a kid. My whole life, man. My mom was working for the Stokes. So when I started making noise on Wall Street, she was one of the first people to support me. You know, giving me clients, downtown connections."
"What did she want?"
"Money. Real money. She wanted to know more about offshore banking and stocks. The crooked legal ways white folk get down when it comes to protecting their green." - ―Piranha Jones and Luke Cage[src]
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Advising Mariah Dillard
- "You've already given me power of attorney, so you're insulated."
"Mark Higgins won't wanna sell that company."
"But if you can convince Mark Higgins otherwise, you'll never have to worry about money another day in your life. Legitimate millions. Nothin' to launder." - ―Piranha Jones and Mariah Dillard[src]
Piranha Jones met Mariah Dillard and Shades at Ginny's Supper Club. With Dillard looking to move out of the crime business and got legit, he advised her to buy a controlling interest in Atreus Plastics before they sold out to Glenn Industries. Using inside information, Jones told her that Atreus had a paper-thin OLED monitor that they could roll up that only Glenn was aware of. A twenty million dollar investment could turn into billions. Jones set up a shell company in the Cayman Islands, and had power of attorney over Dillard's assets.[1]
Hiring Luke Cage
- "We went and hit it big with this Atreus Plastics merger and I'm throwing a celebration. I want to do something special. Now, anybody can go and get a DJ. Trust me, you know I know 'em. You know, D-Nice, Flex, Mark Ronson. But a celebrity superhero, that's some next-level shit right there."
"It's just taking pictures and shaking hands, right?"
"That's it. And you'll be well rewarded for your time."" - ―Piranha Jones and Luke Cage[src]
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Protected by Luke Cage
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In Bushmaster's Custody
- "You know Luke Cage is coming for me, right?"
"Me nah think so."
"You can't kill Luke Cage. Nobody can kill Luke Cage."
"Type faster, man." - ―Piranha Jones and Bushmaster[src]
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Death
- "Bailey, dudes are getting murdered by fish. I think we are way past protocol at this point."
"Both of y'all think the rules don't apply. Poor Piranha was used as bait to lure a bigger fish. Hope it was worth it, hero." - ―Misty Knight and Nandi Tyler to Mark Bailey and Luke Cage[src]
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Personality
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Abilities
- "I went from taking copies of Black Enterprise from my dentist's office to having a crib and an office bigger than anything Earl Graves could ever dream of."
- ―Piranha Jones[src]
- Expert Businessman: To be added
Relationships
Family
- Father
- Desiree Jones - Mother
Allies
- Stokes Crime Family
- Barack Obama
- Luke Cage - Idol and Employee
- Foggy Nelson
- James Lucas
Enemies
- Stylers
- John McIver/Bushmaster - Killer
- Sheldon
Appearances
In chronological order:
- Luke Cage
- Season Two
- Soul Brother #1
- Wig Out
- All Souled Out
- The Basement
- On and On
- If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right (mentioned)
- The Main Ingredient (mentioned)
- Can't Front on Me (mentioned)
- Season Two
Trivia
- In the comics, Piranha Jones was a criminal based in New York City who, alongside his enforcer Cockroach Hamilton, clashed with Luke Cage.
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