Rapper Jon Bellion, A Sachem Alum, Plays Jones Beach

JONES BEACH, NY —Jon Bellion, a Sachem alum, returned to his native Long Island over the weekend to play at Jones Beach and fulfill a longstanding goal.

The rapper is known best for writing the hook to Eminem and Rihanna's hit song "The Monster" and for helping to write Jason Derulo's hit "Trumpets." Bellion has a couple hits of his own as well, including "All Time Low" and "Beautiful Now," which peaked at No. 16 and No. 64 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, respectively.

Before making it big, Bellion was a student at Sachem High School North, class of 2009. And on Saturday, the Lake Grove native performed in front of a raucous crowd at the Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater. He estimated about 10,000 fans were in attendance to watch the homecoming, part of the "Glory Sound Prep Tour."

"To the nearly 10,000 of you that came out and raged last night...... thank you," Bellion wrote in an Instagram post. "Been a dream of mine to headline Jones Beach since I started this entire journey. Overwhelmed and grateful."

Bellion said it was "one of the best nights" of his life," according to Newsday.

Video at the concert showed Bellion at one point dove off the stage to surf into the crowd.

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To the nearly 10,000 of you that came out and raged last night...... thank you. Been a dream of mine to headline Jones Beach since I started this entire journey. Overwhelmed and grateful............my pace.....
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Y’all probably know this by now, but @jonbellion is my favorite artist of all time. This dude is just so full of passion and puts on a show unlike anything else I’ve ever seen. It was some bucket list type shit to have the opportunity to photograph him so now I’m just gonna go stare at all the photos for months. // #jonbellion #glorysoundpreptour #concertphotography
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I don't want to be some digital Jesus // @jonbellion for @capitolrecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #jonbellion #earlybird #music #newmusic #justinbieber #popmusic #longisland #newyork #gsp #jonesbeach #nyc #livemusic #concert #singer #glorysoundprep #humancondition #zedd #marshmello #songwriter #flashback #mondaymotivation #portraitphotography #instacool #sonyalphasclub #a7iii #sonyalpha #a7riii #photooftheday #concertphotography
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