Kamala Harris honors late friend Quincy Jones as a “trailblazer”

Harris ended her post by saying, “Doug and I are praying for the Jones family and everyone who loved him.”

Harris' tribute came several hours later new York re-shared a 2018 interview with Jones in which he described former President Donald Trump as a “crazy motherfucker” who was “mentally impaired” and “megalomaniac.” His comments about the Republican candidate went viral online.

Jones' family announced his death in a statement to the Associated Press, revealing that he died at his home in Bel Air, California. “Tonight it is with full but broken hearts that we share the news of the passing of our father and brother Quincy Jones,” the family said in their statement. Dozens of musicians, including The Weeknd, Flea and Victoria Monét, have paid homage to the artist.

President Joe Biden also issued a statement at the White House celebrating Jones as a “musical genius who changed the soul of America one beat, one rhythm and one rhyme at a time.”

“Quincy Jones only in his own way solidified black culture as American culture,” Biden wrote. “He was a great unifier who firmly believed in the healing power of music to restore hope in the Americas and the African continent and to help those suffering from hunger, poverty and violence.”