Ahmad is also a former member and founder of the hip-hop fusion band 4th Avenue Jones.

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 of Barr 9 Productions) hit 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".

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.