As I mentioned in the “My Life” post, I’ve always been a sucker for wistful rap songs and even though when it was released I was probably too young to grasp the full sense of nostalgia, Ahmad’s “Back in the Day,” remained one of my favorite mid-90s rap singles. Ahmad pretty much fell off of the face of the earth after his one hit but today’s LA Times has a really interesting article about the South Central rapper’s life post-“Back in the Day” and how he’s wound up at Stanford with a full ride and the goal of one day receiving a PhD in social work. It’s a great story, one that’s particularly heartwarming considering most tales of one-hit-wonders in the music industry usually wind up with some interpolation of the phrase, “Cocaine is a hell of a drug.”
Download:
MP3: Ahmad-“Back in Day (Jeep Mix)”
