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Birth name
  
Ahmad Ali Lewis

Name
  
Ahmad (rapper)

Occupation(s)
  
Rapper

Role
  
Hip-hop artist


Instruments
  
Vocals

Genres
  
Hip hop music

Years active
  
1992–present

Albums
  
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Born
  
October 12, 1975 (age 48) (
1975-10-12
)

Origin
  
Los Angeles, California, United States

Labels
  
Giant, Reprise, Warner Bros. Records, Interscope, Universal RecordsGotee/Lookalive Records, EMI RecordsWeCLAP

Music group
  
4th Avenue Jones (1997 – 2006)

Similar People
  
Crooked I, Eligh, Awol One, Luckyiam, Saafir

Profiles

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Ahmad Ali Lewis (born October 12, 1975), simply known as Ahmad (often stylized AHMAD), is an American hip hop recording artist, songwriter, motivational speaker and author from Los Angeles, California. He is perhaps best known for the 1994 single "Back in the Day," a nostalgic song that became a fixture for nostalgia in hip-hop culture. Ahmad is also a former member and founder of the hip-hop fusion band 4th Avenue Jones.

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Life and career

Ahmad made his recording debut in 1993 on the soundtrack of The Meteor Man with the song "Who Can." Released when Ahmad was 18, "Back in the Day" the remix version (produced by Maurice Thompson & Jay Williams of Barr 9 Productions) hit No. 26 on the US pop charts and No. 19 on the U.S. R&B charts on the strength of its hook, sung over a sample of the Teddy Pendergrass song "Love TKO." It also reached No. 64 in the UK Singles Chart. It was the first single off his first album, Ahmad. The remix of "Back in the Day" is also featured on the soundtrack of The Wood, a 1999 motion picture. Ahmad secured his first recording contract as a senior in high school and earned a gold record for his chart-topping hit. He later formed the hip-hop fusion band 4th Avenue Jones.

He went back to school and enrolled in Long Beach City College in 2006; after graduating, he was accepted by Stanford University, to acquire bachelor's degrees in sociology and African American studies.

Albums

Solo
  • 1994: Ahmad (Giant/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records)
  • 2010: The Death of Me (WeCLAP)
  • With 4th Avenue Jones
  • 2000: No Plan B (Lookalive Records)
  • 2002: No Plan B pt. 2 (Lookalive/Interscope Records)
  • 2002: Gumbo (Lookalive Records)
  • 2003: Hiprocksoul (Lookalive Records)
  • 2004: Respect (Lookalive Records)
  • 2005: Stereo: The Evolution of Hiprocksoul (Lookalive/Gotee/EMI Records)
  • Singles

  • 1994: "Back in the Day" (US #26; UK #64)
  • With 4th Avenue Jones:

  • 2000: "Respect"
  • 2002: "Move On"
  • 2005: "Stereo"
  • Videos:

  • 1994: "Back In The Day"
  • 1994: "You Gotta Be"
  • 1996: "Come Widdit'"
  • 2001: "Respect"
  • 2002: "Move On"
  • 2005: "Stereo"
  • Appearances

  • 1993: "Who Can?" (from "The Meteor Man" (soundtrack))
  • 1994: "That's How It Is" (from "Jason's Lyric" (soundtrack))
  • 1994: "Come Widdit" feat. Ras Kass, Saafir (from Street Fighter (soundtrack))
  • 1995: "Only If You Want It" (from Pump Ya Fist)
  • 1999: "Back in the Day (Remix)" (from The Wood (soundtrack))
  • 1999: "The Guest List" (from Something For Everyone To Hate (Sackcloth Fashion album))
  • 2000: "Fresh Coast" (from Dust (Sup The Chemist album))
  • 2004: "Give It Here" feat. Pep Love (from All Balls Don't Bounce revisited (2LP) (Aceyalone album)
  • 2006: "Hard Hit" (from The Movement (D.I.T.C. album)
  • 2006: "Fight Here" feat. Afrobots, DJ Vajra (from 5 Sparrows For 2 Cents (The Procussions album))
  • 2006: "More" (from Pro Pain (Mars ILL album))
  • References

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