Late Night Party
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Jeremih in 2015
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| Birth name | Jeremih Felton |
| Born |
July 17, 1987 Chicago, Illinois, US |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Def Jam |
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| Website | jeremih |
Jeremih Felton (born July 17, 1987), better known by the stage name Jeremih (/ˈdʒɛrᵻmaɪ/), is an American singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer. In 2009, he signed a record deal with Def Jam Recordings. Jeremih's commercial debut single, "Birthday Sex", peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. His self-titled debut album reached number six on the US Billboard 200 chart. Jeremih's success continued with the release of his second album, All About You, led by the single "Down on Me", which also reached the top five of the Billboard Hot 100. In 2014, his single "Don't Tell 'Em" became his third top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100. After multiple delays, Jeremih released his third studio album, Late Nights in 2015. He announced that he is working on a joint album with PartyNextDoor called Late Night Party. He is also working on his fourth studio album, Later That Night.
Born into a musical family in Chicago, Illinois, Jeremih began playing instruments at the age of three and is a self-taught musician being able to play the saxophone, bass drum, cymbals, quads, several percussion instruments and piano in addition to his vocal talent. He learned to play instruments by ear without being able to read notes or having any sort of classical training. Jeremih attended Morgan Park High School, where he was part of the marching band as well as a Latin jazz band, where he learned to play percussion instruments like congas and timbales. In addition to being a self-taught musician, Felton was a good student and earned academic honors at Morgan Park High School. His strong overachieving academic performance enabled him to skip his senior year and graduate from high school a year early. He credits his parents for imbuing on him the importance of education and for the academic pressure that pushed him to overachieve academically, and that a solid educational background would eventually allow him to find decent employment if his music career didn't come to fruition. He graduated at the age of 16 and enrolled at the University of Illinois as well as Parkland College in Urbana-Champaign. He was interested in the engineering science program at his mother's suggestion as a safe career choice. After spending a semester at the university studying engineering science, he wanted to change his education to something more true to his musical passions. He transferred to Columbia College Chicago art school in 2007 to pursue a degree in music business. Having graduated from high school at an early age, he said in an interview that he found himself "getting in a lot of trouble" while attending the college. He eventually plans on returning to college to earn his engineering degree as well as becoming a youth advocate for higher education. After performing a tribute for Ray Charles at one of the campus's talent shows, he received positive feedback and realized his vocal ability, saying that the "music was just taking over". Felton described himself as a "lady's man" even while growing up, something which has inspired his songwriting.
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