Born of Haitian parents in Chicago, Illinois, Jean was destined to be a performer. He was the leader of the junior high school rock band at 13, which lead to playing dances and clubs throughout the New York area. Though under age, that summer he was recruited to be musical director for Gary US Bonds and went on to do shows throughout the US with Dick Clark, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and many others. Soon after this, he became the youngest lead singer of the group The Flamingos of I Only Have Eyes for You fame.

Having difficulty at home with his choice of profession, he moved out on his own and headed to the Big Apple at the tender age of 15. Before long, he found himself in contact with the New York punk scene. After seeing an ad in a local newspaper, he was recruited  for what was the beginning of the group “The Plasmatics”. He changed his image to suit the part: the awakening of the blond Mohawk.

The Plasmatics went on to take over the US and worldwide press within six months of his entry to the gang. Wendy O ’Williams and the band’s exorbitant stage antics shocked millions and made them a household name as a highlight of the 6 o’clock news and Saturday morning cartoons.

After three years of constant touring and recording, Jean decided it was time for him to move on. Little Steven was coincidentally introduced to Beauvoir by Gary U.S. Bonds manager. Recognizing his talent, Steven convinced him to participate on the Little Steven & Disciple of Soul albums Men without Women and Voice of America.

This was the beginning of a long friendship and working relationship. These critically acclaimed albums and two years of worldwide touring gave Jean the credibility that he needed to be accepted as an artist of his own rank. He soon partnered up with Gary Kurfirst and Richard Branson and signed his first co-venture label deal with Virgin Records with Jean’s solo album slated as the first release.

Not long after recording his first album for Virgin, Sylvester Stallone, while editing in a Hollywood studio, caught a glimpse of the editing of Jean’s video for the track entitled Feel the Heat.

Stallone chose this track as the leading track for his film Cobra and its multi-million dollar worldwide advertising campaign. Jean and Gary added Columbia Records to the mix.

Beauvoir selling over 1,5 million copies worldwide from his first solo effort lead to productions and co-writing ventures with artists such as KISS, The Ramones, N’Sync, John Waite, Deborah Harry, Lionel Richie, The Pretenders, Nile Rogers, Nona Hendryx, Desmond Child, Jim Vallance, Doro Pesch, Swedish pop songwriting sensation Andreas Carlsson, Harry Sommerdahl, and many more.

He’s shared stages and performed with acts such as The Eurythmics, David Bowie, Tina Turner, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, The Who, DaveMathews. Aerosmith and more.

He was a member and co-producer of Little Steven and The Disciples Of Soul and performed a duet of “Hungry Heart” with Bruce Springsteen live and on the album “Bercy Night”. He’s made hundreds of personal and TV appearances throughout the world and has appeared in films such as A Man Apart, Cellular, The Bronx Warriors, The Sopranos, Men Without Women and Berlin Nights. He has sold in excess of 30 million records worldwide as an Artist, Producer and Songwriter.

Jean also expanded his musical horizons through his groups, Voodoo X (Columbia Records International) and Crown of Thorns (Interscope Records).

He released four additional solo records to date and was also actively involved in the hugely successful Hand in Hand Charity in Berlin Germany amongst others throughout the years including his direct involvement in support of helping his country, Haiti.

www.beauvoirhaitifoundation.org

As an entrepreneur, he formed companies to harness the different facets of his musical career. He founded Voodoo Island Records/Voodoo Island Productions in 1984.

Over the course of his professional career, he has created joint venture partnerships with some of the most powerful music industry luminaries such as Richard Branson (Virgin Records), Al Teller (Columbia Records), Ted Fields and Jimmy Iovine (Interscope Records), Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley (Kiss), and with labels such as Def Jam, BMG, Warner Bros, Avex, EMI, Edel and more.

Through these partnerships, he has released or contributed to over 100 Albums over the past two decades.

Beauvoir is also the founder and President of Hot Boy Music and Tigre Noire Music co, two music publishing companies whose partners have included SBK Entertainment, EMI music publishing, CBS Songs International, Polygram Music Publishing, Bertelsmann Music Group and currently Rondor/Universal Music Group. Beauvoir’s worldwide music catalogue contains over 400 published titles.

In addition to his film music work with Sylvester Stallone, his credit list includes the title tracks for Stephen King’s Pet Semetary, Wes Craven’s blockbuster, Shocker, Flawless (Robert DeNiro), School of Rock (Jack Black), Christmas with the Kranks (Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis and Dan Akroyd), The Guilty (Bill Pullman), Rock and Roll High School Forever, Berlin Nights (Gabriela Tscherniack) RV (Robin Williams) and Unthinkable, (Samuel Jackson).

For 6 1/2 years, Jean served as CEO/Managing Director of Steven Van Zandt’s media and entertainment company, Renegade Nation, who’s operations include terrestrial and Sirius XM Satellite radio programming, live event and television production, record label operations, music licensing, merchandising and an online social networking venture.

Beauvoir was responsible for all aspects of Renegade Nation’s initiatives, which included the programming, management of staff, and coordination of two 24/7 Channels on Sirius XM Satellite, “Outlaw Country” and “Little Steven’s Underground Garage”. Negotiation of all agreements with Artists, talent agents, managers, record companies, TV networks e.g., ESPN and VH 1, retail outlets e.g., Best Buy and FYE, worldwide music distributors, brands/sponsors including Pepsi, AT&T, Dunkin Donuts, Rolling Rock, Budweiser, Hard Rock International, Olympus, among others...

Beauvoir oversaw all events executed by Renegade in coordination with Steven Van Zandt including, Hard Rock /Underground Garage concerts and pool parties, ESPN and Underground Garage New Year’s Eve in Times Squares NY, Hawaiian Tropic weekly events in Times Square, Honda Grand Prix/Underground Garage in St Petersberg Florida, UG at SXSW, Teen Vogue at the Hard Rock and all UG national tours including the “Rolling Rock and Roll Tour” (Rolling Rock and AT&T).

He also negotiated personal agreements for Steven Van Zandt e.g., Lilyhammer, on Netflix, World Of Warcraft (TV commercial), IMG and various others…

Since his departure from Renegade, he has returned to performing, writing, producing and acting in addition to some other music related ventures. He recently released a Dance/House music single “The Rhythm” under his alias Aka Voodoo Man.

The Rhythm is released through, Armada Music, Kontor, Warner Music and various other premiere labels around the world and has been featured on several #1 hit Dance/House hit compilations. He has other Dance/House music releases through his own label, Voodoo Island Records.

Beauvoir also has upcoming releases with his group Crown Of Thorns and Joey Ramone, as featured in Rolling Stone Magazine, slated for Spring/Summer 2012, plus an upcoming acting role on the horizon.

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