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Jeremy Greene
Arthur Jeremy Greene (born March 31, 1982), known professionally as Jeremy Greene, is an American singer/songwriter, music producer and entrepreneur. Jeremy gained fame and recognition for his musical talents after becoming the number one artist in the world on MySpace, reaching 165 million hits and gaining 8.5 million friends. He has worked with many world-renowned artists, including Pitbull, Chris Brown, Jesse McCartney, LMFAO, Jim Jones, Diddy, Sean Kingston and Dev.

As an entrepreneur, Jeremy is the co-creator of Luna Technologies, a partner in JDL Strategy and recently co-founded a social media company, Pingtank.

Early Life
Jeremy was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of Arthur and Brenda Greene. When he was six years old, Jeremy moved to Waterville, Maine with his family. At the age of twenty, Jeremy launched his career as an artist and relocated to Los Angeles.

Music Career
Having grown up with a strong talent and passion for music, Jeremy began pursuing his career as a singer/songwriter after high school. While working on a demo in Atlanta, Jeremy borrowed a phone from his manager and found a phone number in it for will.i.am. Despite being told not to, Jeremy called will.i.am and sang to him over the phone. will.i.am was so impressed with the young singer’s talent that he agreed to meet up with him in Portland, Maine during a stop on his tour with The Pussycat Dolls. After meeting up in Maine, Jeremy flew back to LA with will.i.am and began writing top lines for him. While in LA, Jeremy signed a deal with MySpace where he quickly rose to fame as the number one artist on the site. In 2009, Jeremy released his first single “Rain” featuring Pitbull, which broke numerous internet records. Later that year, Jeremy released a mixtape, “Elevated”, which became a chart topping hit and was downloaded 3.8 million times. In 2010, Jeremy signed a deal with Bad Boy Records. In 2011, Jeremy parted ways with Bad Boy and signed with Brick Squad Monopoly and Mizay Entertainment. For a short time, he changed his name to Jaysolo and released one album, Art Work, but it was removed from digital retailers months after its release.

Business Career
From 2011-2014, Jeremy took a hiatus from his music career and moved back to Waterville, Maine. In 2012, after watching the movie “The Social Network”, Jeremy began brainstorming ideas with childhood friend and former computer science major, Derek Myska. Together, they, with the help of Jeremy’s cousin, Chris Dawes, created a social media website, Pingtank which was officially launched in 2013. Jeremy then reached out to famed record producer and songwriter, Lars Halvor Jensen, whose career he had long admired, and asked him to help develop the Pingtank company. The four of them met up in Palo Alto, California, where they met with Timothy Draper. He was immediately impressed with the concept and website and became a partner and one of the primary investors. Since the collaboration began in March, 2014, Jeremy, Derek, Lars and Chris have continued building an empire that includes partnerships with the former head of Universal Denmark, Jens-Otto Paludan, as well as the CEO and Founder of Euroinvestor.com, Jens Alminde. In addition, they have incorporated Lars’s company, Dee Kay Music, and recently started an investment group known as JDL Strategy.

Mixtapes

 * Elevated: The Mixtape (2009)
 * All Is Fair In Love and Music: The Mixtape (2010)
 * The Morning After (compilation with Clinton Sparks) (2010)
 * Love Over Everything (2011)
 * Paper Airplanes: The Mixtape (Hosted By DJ WhiteOwl) (2012)
 * Heart Set Fire (Hosted By DJ WhiteOwl) (2012)

Singles

 * "Rain" (featuring Bossman) (2008)
 * "Rain" (featuring Pitbull) (2009) - From Elevated
 * "Fallen" (2011) - From Heart Set Fire
 * "Save U" (2012) - From Heart Set Fire
 * "Talkin' Hundreds" (featuring Dev and Fatman Scoop) (2012)
 * "Free" (featuring Waka Flocka & Lil Jon) (2015)
 * "Voices" (Jordan Hollywood & Jeremy Greene) (2015)
 * "Film" (featuring Future) (2015)