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Ahmad
Birth name Ahmad Ali Lewis
Born c. 1976
Origin Los Angeles, CA
Genre(s) West Coast Hip Hop
Years active 1994 - present

Ahmad Ali Lewis (born in 1976 in Los Angeles, California), is an American rapper. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other West Coast hip hop is a style of Hip hop music that originated in California in the early 1980s Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Hip hop is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latinos. Credited simply as Ahmad , he is best known for his 1994 ,"Back in the Day", a nostalgic song that has become somewhat of a clichéd signifier for nostalgia in hip-hop culture. " Back in the Day " is a 1994 West Coast hip hop single by Ahmad. The term nostalgia describes a longing for the past often in idealized form A cliché (from French, klɪ'ʃe or cliche is a phrase expression or idea that has been overused to the point of losing its intended force Hip hop is a Subculture, which is said to have begun with the work of DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, and Afrika Bambaattaa

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Background

Released when Ahmad was only 18, "Back in the Day" hit #26 on the US pop charts and #19 on the U. S. R&B charts on the strength of its hook - a sample of the Teddy Pendergrass' song "Love TKO" - and Ahmad's quirky vocal style, reminiscent of Fatlip of Pharcyde fame. A hook is a Musical idea, often a short Riff, passage or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a Song appealing and to "catch the Theodore "Teddy" DeReese Pendergrass Sr (born March 26, 1950) is an American R&B / soul Singer and Fatlip (born Derrick Stewart) is a Los Angeles -born hip hop musician The Pharcyde is an Alternative hip hop group from the West coast of the United States It was the major single off his first and only album, Ahmad. A remix of "Back in the Day" is featured on the soundtrack to The Wood, a 1999 motion picture. The Wood is a 1999 comedy / romance film, written by Rick Famuyiwa and Todd Boyd

A second album was recorded for Revolution Records — a sub-label of Giant Records — but it was unreleased. Revolution Records was a Record label that was launched in 1996 as a subsidiary of Giant Records. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music After accepting Christ as his savior, Ahmad abruptly retired from the music business and devoted himself to full-time ministry. After a two year layoff, Ahmad formed Lookalive records, and went on to found the rock/soul/hip-hop group 4th Avenue Jones. 4th Avenue Jones is a Christian American Hip hop band based in Los Angeles California. In 2002, 4AJ secured a recording contract with Interscope Records, through Ahmad's imprint Lookalive records. A recording contract (commonly called a record deal) is a legal agreement between a Record label and a Recording artist (or group where the artist Interscope Records is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label The band's righteous musical content contributed to their artistic disagreements with Interscope, and their album "No Plan B pt. 2" was never released. The band went on to sign a deal with Gotee records, through whom they released the popular indie album "Stereo. "

4AJ has toured extensively, performing for fans in Sweden, Denmark, Canada, the United Kingdom, Holland, and most of the United States. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Holland is a region in the western part of the Netherlands. A maritime and economic power in the 17th century Holland today consists of the Dutch provinces of The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The band has shared the stage with such notables as James Brown, The Roots, Sheryl Crow, Black Eyed Peas, and KRS-ONE. James Joseph Brown Jr (May 3 1933 – December 25 2006 commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" the "King of Funk" and "The The Roots are an American hip-hop band from Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American Singer-songwriter and Musician. The Black Eyed Peas is an American hip hop group from Los Angeles. Lawrence Krishna Parker (born August 20 1965) better known by his stage name KRS-One, is an American Rapper. 4th Avenue Jones' music (including the song entitled "Stereo") is featured in Dance Praise the Christian video game. This article is about the computer game series For the first game in the series see Original Dance Praise Dance Praise is a series of dance Music Christian video games were first marketed successfully in the late 1980s for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES by Wisdom Tree and now are made by many different The group also covered dc Talk's song "Jesus Freak" for the compilation tribute album, Freaked!. dc Talk is a prominent Christian rock / Rap band partly responsible for the rise in popularity of the Contemporary Christian music Genre " Jesus Freak " is a a song written and recorded by CCM group Dc Talk. A tribute album is a recorded collection of Cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions Freaked! is a tribute album to the album Jesus Freak. It features artists from Gotee singing most of the songs on the original album

A father of a 3 year-old son, Ahmad made the decision to transition from full-time recording artist to student; wanting to provide a more stable living environment for his child. Ahmad’s return to academia has been quite a success. His academic accomplishments are as follows: Jack Kent Cooke Fund Scholarship winner; Long Beach City College honors student; Long Beach City College Dean’s List five consecutive semesters; Long Beach City College President’s Scholar; UCLA Regent’s Scholarship winner; 1 of 20 transfer students (from a pool of 1,200) admitted to Stanford University for fall 2008; and, Valedictorian of the class of 2008 at Long Beach City College. Ahmad is currently attending Stanford University. After finishing his undergraduate work, Ahmad hopes to complete his graduate studies and, ultimately, become a university professor, author, lecturer and advocate for the world's poor.

Discography

Albums

With 4th Avenue Jones:

Singles

Sean Breezy

With 4th Avenue Jones:

Videos:

External links

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