Up & Coming hip hop artist Esan "E-Skummy" Jordan, 22 years old of Richmond, VA was murdered and robbed in his town home apartment this past saturday.

Gun shots were heard through out the apartment complex around 2 AM the morning of Saturday, July 09, 2005. Witness heard a women screaming and saw 2 cars speed off.

E-Skummy was shot in the head 3 times and was robbed of varies items from his house.

At press time no suspects have been detained, but descriptions of the vehicles that left the scene have been reported.

E-Skummy was a well know artist on the streets of Richmond and is the founding member of The Burglarz (E-Skummy, Nickelus F, JR, Lil Lee & 5Mics).

E-Skummy has blessed us with a catalog of music hundreds of songs deep and his legacy will be carried out by his family, The Burglarz, The Heist, AMG Entertainment and all his close friends and loved ones.

Str8hiphop.com & Illusive Media will be putting up a site dedicated to E-Skummy and his memory this week. It will include thoughts from his closest family, friends and loved ones. It will also have music, videos and pictures of the artist himself to carry on his memory.

Funeral arrangements are unconfirmed at this time, but we will keep you posted as the information comes in.

Donations for his funeral fund will also be disclosed as more information is provided to us.

R.I.P. E-Skummy…

04/14/05

NEW MUSIC & VIDEO!!!

Nickel-Us F - NURP! Video (Illusive Media)

New music in the Audio/Video Page!!!!

AMG would like welcome the newest member to our growing family of talent: E Skummy, Con Artist & M- Rell.

Check out Nickel-Us F's Behind The Music section for exclusive clips from the Nurp video & the beginnings of Nick's rise to the top of the game.

Download Nickel-Us F's Nurp! and Toast & Jelly now!

New A&R Consultant M Rell has joined the AMG fam! Check out his site www.mrell.com

Online Forum

An Open Letter To Russell Simmons On The State Of The Music Industry.

Let me begin by thanking Mr. Simmons for bringing to the forefront a topic that has plagued me and several other ex-Def Jam and current employees. The business of music has been hip-hop’s worst enemy. Driven by pressure to meet profitability by music industry conglomerates and a lack of a talent incubator system, urban record executives are making talent decisions based on BDS spins and misguided gauges of popularity.

My next issue is the leak in the current management pipeline. While other business models invite entrepreneurship and internal promotion, what current young talented executives are faced with is a brick wall of bureaucracy. The creativity of your accomplishments is a testimony to youth, energy and determination. Hip-Hop is faced with a crisis in the front office but hip-hop has always found a way to survive and it will.

The solution is one that is born from observations over the past 3 years. The lack of direct investment in a new organization from hip-hop executives is driving the “anti-industry” sentiment. I applaud the accomplishments of independent labels such as Swishahouse who through radio relationships are able to sell, however in hip-hop’s birth place New York City; independent artists find it more difficult to survive.

I invite you and other landmark record executives to invest in a new record label capable of taking calculated talent risks and shedding the weight of corporate interest & scrutiny. I thank you for creating dynamic organizations such as Def Jam and hope your dismay will inspire a new era in urban recording music. Hip-hop artists and cultural will not be saved by the music industry it will be saved by us.

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