The Billings Police Department sought but never issued arrest warrants in response to the incident. Members of Jeremih's crew responded to the alleged racism by taking over the restaurant's microphone, throwing beer onto employees, and allegedly throwing a glass beer bottle into the kitchen, getting broken glass into the fryer and forcing the restaurant to close temporarily. On November 5, 2014, Jeremih and members of his crew were involved in an incident at a Fuddruckers restaurant in Billings, MT in which Jeremih's associates allegedly "hassled" a young female restaurant employee and a manager for discriminating against them. Instead, Jeremih released his first mixtape titled Late Nights with Jeremih on August 7, 2012. He announced plans from a summer 2012 release under Def Jam. In December 2011, Jeremih confirmed he had been working on his third studio album which was originally titled Thumpy Johnson.
The following year, Jeremih and Rick Ross were featured on the song, which was performed by Wale, titled "That Way" from the compilation album Self Made Vol.
All About You was released on September 28, 2010. "Down on Me" charted on the number-one position for eight weeks total on Rhythmic Billboard chart. " Down on Me" featuring rapper 50 Cent, was confirmed to be the second single from the album. On June 1, 2010, Jeremih released the first single for his second studio album All About You, titled " I Like" featuring Ludacris. The two performed " Just Go", a song from Richie's album with the same title. In September 2009, Jeremih performed on ABC Daytime's soap opera One Life to Live, alongside recording artist Lionel Richie. Daley also argued that recording artists have the freedom of speech, noting that Jeremih was "a young man, back-to-school message, a young man who has had great success recording, producer, going to school, went to public school". Huberman argued that "school officials would be naive to pretend students don't listen to Felton's music already". Community activists protested and demanded CPS to undo their decision, claiming that Jeremih's music was "not appropriate for students" and "promotes teen sex". Daley of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to campaign children to return to school. In August 2009, Jeremih was selected by Ron Huberman and Mayor Richard M. The second single, " Imma Star (Everywhere We Are)", peaked at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100. In promotion of the album, Jeremih took part in America's Most Wanted Tour, alongside Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy and Soulja Boy Tell 'Em. The album debuted at number 6 on the US Billboard 200, selling 59,000 copies in its first week. In June 2009, Jeremih released his eponymous self-titled debut studio album, Jeremih. The song later peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In 2009, Jeremih released his debut single, " Birthday Sex". After performing for the two, Jeremih signed a recording contract with Def Jam that same day. In February 2009, Jeremih met with Def Jam 's CEO Russell Simmons, and executive vice president of A&R Karen Kwak. Jeremih received guidance from his cousin, Day26 group member, Willie Taylor. Together, they recorded a song, titled "My Ride". While attending Columbia College Chicago, Jeremih collaborated with record producer Mick Schultz. Jeremih with Julie Moran at the 2009 American Music Awards Career 2009–2011: Jeremih and All About You After performing a tribute to 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". He transferred to Columbia College Chicago in 2007 to pursue a degree in music business. After spending a semester at the university studying engineering, he wanted to change his education to something related to music. He enrolled at the University of Illinois and Parkland College in Urbana-Champaign. His strong academic performance enabled him to graduate from high school a year early. Felton was a good student and earned academic honors at Morgan Park High School. He also learned to play percussion instruments like congas and timbales. He attended Morgan Park High School, where he was part of the marching band as well as a Latin jazz band. 2.1 2009–2011: Jeremih and All About Youīorn in Chicago, Illinois, Jeremih began playing drums at the age of three and is able to play the saxophone, several percussion instruments and piano/keyboards.