Jeremy Little: Musician, producer, entrepreneur passes away in Mecca

Rest in peace: Jeremy Little (March 9, 1983 - April 8, 2014), here seen holding the Anugerah Skrin 2013 awards won by the movie 'KIL' that he co-produced with Rewan Ishak.

Local musician, producer and entrepreneur Jeremy Little, a young driving force in the independent music scene here, died last night while he was in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

As the director/general manager of the Kuala Lumpur-based record label Laguna Music, 31-year-old Jeremy Little (aka Jeremy Ahmad Maikel), was well-respected in the Malaysian entertainment industry for signing up independent artistes such as SevenCollar T-Shirt, Estrella (which featured Liyana Fizi), Guba, Pure Vibracion and Lab The Rat.