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Behind The Scenes with Elijah J On His New Single “Release” Video Shoot

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8 years ago

May 18, 2018

Elijah J held a private video shoot Thursday night in Atlanta, GA. Elijah was on the scene conducting interviews and gave UMEEKTV an exclusive behind the scenes of his new music video Release feat Coy Stewart which drops later this summer.

Elijah ”EJ” Johnson is an True Triple Threat entertainer. Elijah J is a mix between a young Will Smith, Usher, & Michael Jackson all in one. At an early age Elijah J was invited to perform Jackson 5 mini concerts around the country, being that Michael Jackson was his biggest inspiration to perform. Then at 9yrs old, he was cast, out of close to 8,000 kids, to star in Disney’s Broadway Musical, “The Lion King” as Young Simba. Elijah J starred in the Las Vegas production, National Touring production & briefly in NYC’s Broadway production. Elijah J still is still the only child actor to play Young Simba in all three productions. At 13 yrs old, Elijah J was chosen out of thousands of kids who auditioned across the country to be one of five lead singers in the national TV/Live singing group, “Kidz Bop”. Elijah J was a Kidz Bop kid for over 3 years, being apart of the many commercials, cd’s Kidz Bop 20-Kidz Bop 24, all four albums made Billboard Top 5 (Hot 100) music charts & Three national tours. In 2013, Elijah J joined the Global R&B boy band “Mindless Behavior” as the Lead singer and signed to EPIC records.” On his 18th birthday, the group released their album “#OfficialMBmusic” as an Independent group with Distribution from ADA Warner Brothers, along with 3 music videos (linked below). He also most recently starred as the lead character, this summer in a feature film called “Misguided” that is set to be released by “Studio 11 films” in 2017. In this film, Elijah J not only starred in the lead role, but also helped shoot some of the film behind the scenes.

Special thanks to Catrice Armstrong for providing UMEEKTV with the bio of Elijah J. You can follow Elijah J on social media @iamelijahj