In May 2012, Former Bad Boy rapper Loon was arrested with drug charges which caused him to served eight years. Recently, he's been and The former rapper, who now goes by Amir Junaid Muhadith since converting to Islam while his time incarcerated.
Since being back home, Loon spoke with New York's Radio Show, The Breakfast Club for over an hour where he discussed the particulars of his case, his days in the music industry, and the role Islam plays in his life.
Loon tell The Breakfast Club that he was locked up over "hearsay", and that he took a lesser charge for a 14-year bid because he was facing life and already had two prior convictions. Loon shares that fought for 18 months and maintained his innocence, but knew if he took it to trial and lost he’d never get a release date. Loon thanks Islam with helping him keep it together during his incarceration.
"If I did this bid as Loon I probably wouldn’t have come home," Loon shared.
The former rapper also shared that he fell back from making music once he converted to Islam. Loon added that he walked away from Bad Boy was because he found it difficult to flourish under Diddy due to "Puff's" stardom.
"Puff has a huge impact on Hip-Hop and Hip-Hop history," Loon said. "So to come up from underneath that is mission impossible."
Loon also stated that he was never signed to Bad Boy, but he did own his own publishing, which allowed him to negotiate a deal with Puff that most couldn't. He also mentioned that he doesn't share the same grievances with Diddy that other former artists have expressed in the past.
During the interview, Loon discuss originally being signed to Tommy Boy Records through Fatman Scoop before joining Arista. Followed by revealing that the original Harlem World lineup included himself, Big L, Cam'ron, Mase, and Herb McGruff.
"The group was supposed to consist of me, Big L, Cam'ron, Herb McGruff, and Mase," Loon said. "That's what definitely compelled me to want to sign on, But because of the relationship that Mase had with Herb and L at the time, it wasn't where it should have been. We had to go with the alternative which was Baby Stase, my man Blinky Blink, Meeno, and Huddy. So, that was supposed to be the segue from the Harlem World project Mase put out."
Currently, Loon is working with Hip-Hop journalist Kim Osorio on a book about his life.
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