Raised in the musically legendary but financially devastated city of Detroit, Michigan Jordan Ahmad fka Detroit Rivers moved to Washington DC during the height of the economic recession of 2008 to attend Howard University.

Uniquely positioned to coexist and fuse different eras of hip hop, Jordan Ahmad curates the soulful vibes of 90's hip hop and contemporary artists such as: J Dilla, A Tribe Called Quest, Anderson. Paak and Dom Kennedy.

He conveys the real juxtaposition of a generation who is transforming mentally and spiritually while surviving injustices like financial hardships, gentrification, over-policing, mass incarceration, etc.

Now a father to a son, Jordan Ahmad is fulfilling a mission through music to inspire black men and the like to embrace self-love, emotional & mental wellness, and pure "black boy joy".