Jeffrey Carmichael (born August 20, 1965), better known as Jay Supreme, is an American

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and former co-lead artist of German

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group

Culture Beat Culture Beat is a German Eurodance project formed in 1989 by Torsten Fenslau. The act has gone through a number of lineup changes over the years; they achieved the most success whilst fronted by singer Tania Evans and rapper Jay Supreme. Their 1 ...

Biography

Carmichael was born in

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, such as on the song "No Deeper Meaning", with Lana Earl on vocals. Carmichael was already a rapper on early Culture Beat songs from 1990, when they released the singles "I Like You" and "Erdbeermund", but the most successful years with the group were 1993–1997, when they achieved worldwide

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with " Mr. Vain", " Got to Get It", "

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", " Inside Out", " World in Your Hands", and "Crying in the Rain".

Solo career and present status

In 1997, Carmichael and

Tania Evans Tania Evans (born 28 May 1967) is a British singer and songwriter. She gained popularity for fronting the German Eurodance group Culture Beat from 1993 to 1997. Career Evans' first release was the single "Can't Let Go" in 1992 on C.T Records. ...

left Culture Beat to pursue solo careers. Carmichael started to work with the group Rappers Against Racism where he was featured on their two hits, "Sorry" and "Hiroshima (Fly Little Bird)". In the summer of 2000, he released his lone solo single, "Your Love (Encore)" which featured

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. The song received airplay on European hip-hop/R&B radio stations. He is currently living in USA (New Jersey). In 2015 he officially left the music industry. He has a Facebook account (Jeff Culture Beat Carmichael) where he interacts with fans.

References

External links

T-Music www.euro-rap.com - full biography, discography, pics, videos, etc
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