Singer of Legendary 90s House Anthem “Follow Me” has died.

Eddie “Supa” Lewis Gave House Music A Place To Be Free

It is with heavy hearts that we mark the passing of Eddie “Supa” Lewis, co-founder and one of the unmistakable voices behind Aly-Us. Lewis died on June 7, 2025, at age 57, leaving behind a record that has never behaved like something trapped in 1992.

That record is “Follow Me,” the deep-house anthem whose promise of freedom and human connection still rises from dance floors like a shared prayer. House music lost one of its voices. The room, however, still knows exactly what to sing.

Three Men, A Basement And A Record Bigger Than All Of Them

Aly-Us began in New Jersey as Lewis, DJ and producer Kyle “Small” Smith and fellow vocalist William Brian Jennings. “Follow Me” came together in a basement on a four-track recorder, with Smith producing and mixing the song before Strictly Rhythm released it in 1992.

The ingredients were gloriously unpolished: synthetic strings, a creeping bassline, marching percussion and vocals that sounded less interested in technical perfection than in getting every person in the room to believe the message. Lewis later described the record’s creation as something blessed by God and three dudes. Sometimes thee miracle really does happen downstairs.

“Follow Me” quickly became larger than a club single. Its invitation toward a place where people could relate and live freely gave DJs something uplifting without turning soft, spiritual without floating away from the body. The track could lift a packed room while still asking that room to imagine itself better.

That is why it kept returning. The original single moved through new pressings and compilations, later remix packages carried it into another era, and the Full Intention version pushed the song back into club circulation a decade after its first release. Different drums, same invitation.

Follow Me Was Hopeful Without Pretending The World Was Fine

The song’s optimism was never empty decoration. Its lyrics spoke directly to division, inequality and the longing for a place where people could exist together without the barriers waiting outside the club. That message has only become more relevant amid continuing struggles against racial injustice in the United States.

House music has always known how to turn survival into movement. “Follow Me” belongs to that tradition: joy as resistance, togetherness as a demand and the dance floor as temporary proof that another kind of world can exist.

Eddie Brought Aly-Us Back For Another Generation

After the original trio’s early-1990s run, Lewis revived the Aly-Us name in the early 2010s and continued recording and performing. Releases including “Early in the Morning,” “House Music” and “Get Up” made it clear that he did not view “Follow Me” as a museum piece—or himself as a singer required to live inside one old record forever.

The positivity people heard in the anthem also followed Lewis beyond the stage. Tributes from friends, fans, DJs and people who knew him away from music repeatedly returned to the same details: the smile, the warmth and the sense that he brightened the space around him.

Watch Aly-Us Rise Again With “Get Up”

The later-era Aly-Us track captures Eddie Lewis continuing the group’s message of movement, encouragement and collective lift.

Eddie Lewis In His Own Feed

A post from Lewis’s official Instagram account keeps his own presence close to the memorial.

We invite everyone whose life or dance floor Eddie touched to share the memories, songs and moments that remain. A house anthem survives because people continue choosing it—at celebrations, during grief and whenever a room needs reminding that freedom sounds better together.

Return To The Restored “Follow Me”

The restored Aly-Us video brings the 1992 anthem, its faces and its communal club energy back into view.

Rest in power, Eddie “Supa” Lewis. Your music will continue to find the people who need it—and the people will continue to follow.

Hear “Follow Me” March Into Another Generation

South Carolina State University’s Marching 101 transforms the house classic into a full-band tribute, proving how far Eddie’s melody and message traveled.

Source: Eddie Lewis’s family, Aly-Us, Strictly Rhythm catalog and official video sources. This archived INYIM post was restored and lightly reformatted for readability.