Many people know about the unexpected childhood friendship between Jonah Hill and Adam Levine, but Hill's older brother — Jordan Feldstein — was great friends with Levine as well. In fact, Feldstein served as the manager for Maroon 5 since the very beginning and played a part in both the band and Levine's success, per The Hollywood Reporter. Sadly, in December 2017, Feldstein died unexpectedly as a result of a pulmonary thromboembolism.

Levine called his long-time friend and manager's death "one of the saddest moments" of his life in an interview with Variety in 2018. "This is a kid I've known since we were in diapers. He was one of the most important people in my life from a very early age."

After Feldstein's death, Levine made a huge change and stepped up to become a co-manager of the band alongside Feldstein's successors, Adam Harrison and Irving Azoff. "Adam wanted to be involved in the decisions," Harrison told the publication. "So it's a collaborative conversation at all times. It's been one long text message and phone call for 10 months of the last year." Although it was tragedy that forced this decision, Levine was able to take the reins where he wanted to go. Just one year later, Maroon 5 would release one of their career-defining hits, 2018's "Girls Like You," which has over 3 billion views on its music video as of this writing.

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