As Def., he held his first photo exhibition named Alone on October 6–12, 2020, in Seoul. On April 13, 2020, he became the first male K-pop idol on the cover of a digital issue for American magazine Allure. He also writes songs as Defsoul or Def., both for Got7 and the Offshore crew with the latter, he released two compilation extended plays, Scene #1 on June 24, 2019, and Scene #2 on March 26, 2020. In December 2019, he launched the JB Collection, a summer-themed clothing line in collaboration with Represent, which went on sale for two weeks and sold 35,940 items. On June 6, 2019, he attended the event for Saint Laurent 20SS Men's Collection in Los Angeles as a representative of Korea. On March 5, 2019, he and Yugyeom debuted as Jus2, a sub-unit of Got7, with their EP Focus and its lead single "Focus on Me". The creation process was later revealed through a reality show in May. In 2018, together with group mate Yugyeom, he participated in the art collaboration project Collaboran for carbonated mineral water brand Perrier with American multimedia artist Ben Jones. In 2015, he played the lead role in Dream Knight, a web drama, as a superhero version of himself, alongside his fellow Got7 members, featuring actress Song Ha-yoon as the female lead role. 2015–2020: Solo activities and first photo exhibition Jay B in 2017 On January 16, 2014, the two members of JJ Project debuted as part of a seven-member boy band called Got7. On March 11, 2013, it was announced that he would be appearing as Seo Mi-joon on MBC's new drama When a Man Falls in Love. Their official music video for the title track "Bounce" was released on May 19. In May 2012, he and fellow trainee Jinyoung debuted as the duo JJ Project with the single album Bounce. In order not to be confused with singer Yim Jae-beom, he adopted the stage name of JB. In 2011, Jay B was cast in the role of Jang Woo-jae in the television drama Dream High 2, which began airing on January 30, 2012, on KBS for 16 episodes. Career 2011–2014: Debut and career beginnings He became interested in musical composition and hip hop culture as a b-boy, but at the beginning of his idol training, he thought that learning to sing was meaningless, and concentrated only on dancing however, after listening to D'Angelo, he started singing and composing his first songs. He subsequently passed the open audition, winning first place with Jinyoung over 10,000 applicants. In 2009 he was scouted by JYP Entertainment at a b-boy competition: he was not interested in attending the audition, but his father pushed him to do so. As a b-boy, he used the stage name Defsoul, taking Musiq Soulchild's "Just Friends" music video as inspiration. He started b-boying in his third year of middle school after failing a school test, dancing with friends at Ilsan, Paju, Boramae and Jeongbalsan station, and taking part in competitions. perform, he developed the dream of becoming a singer. Lim Jae-beom was born in Siheung, Gyeonggi Province, and grew up in Goyang. He made his small-screen debut through the drama series Dream High 2 in 2012. Jay B is the leader of South Korean boy band group Got7, a member of boy band duo JJ Project and sub-unit Jus2, as well as part of R&B soul crew Offshore as Def. Lim Jae-beom ( Hangul: 임재범 born January 6, 1994), better known as Jay B ( Hangul: 제이비 stylized in all caps), and formerly JB, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actor.
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