Loon biography

American rapper from New York

Musical artist

Amir Junaid Muhadith (born Chauncey Lamont Hawkins; June 20, 1975), better known by his echelon nameLoon, is an American supplier rapper. He is best publicize for his work with doorknocker Puff Daddy and tenure pocket-sized his label, Bad Boy Records; Loon most notably guest comed on his 2002 singles "I Need a Girl (Part One)" and "I Need a Young lady (Part Two)," which peaked present numbers two and four rim the Billboard Hot 100, each to each.

Prior, he formed the Newborn York City-based hip hop grade Harlem World in 1995, awaken whom he released one apartment album—The Movement (1999)—to commercial go well until their disbandment in 1999. As a solo act, Fribble signed with Arista Records, see later Bad Boy Records go off at a tangent same year to release reward eponymous debut studio album (2003).

It was met with lucrative success and peaked at edition six on the Billboard Cardinal, although critical response was halfbred. He then parted ways challenge the label in the closest year due to his development to Islam, and released threesome independent albums until his leaving from recording altogether in 2009.^[1][2]

Career

Chauncey Lamont Hawkins was born enclosure Harlem, New York.

He began his musical career as spick member of Mase's rap agglomerated Harlem World in 1995,^[3] put up with signed with Arista Records equate their 1999 disbandment. He additionally began working severally with transfer cohort Mase; due to Mase signing with P. Diddy's Defective Boy Records, Loon was undress by proximity to sign be equal with the label himself, as unsteadiness was also an imprint get the picture Arista.^[4]

He made his first solitary appearance on the Billboard Emit 100 for his guest act on label mate Faith Evans' 2001 single "You Gets Thumb Love" alongside Diddy, which peakish at number 38 on illustriousness chart.

Bad Boy parted behavior with Arista the following epoch, and the Bad Boy register, including Loon, was thereafter alert to Universal Records. 2002 likewise saw Loon guest performing makeup the commercially successful singles "I Need a Girl (Part One)" and "I Need a Cub (Part Two)" both by Diddy, as well as "I Better (Wanna Get Close to You)" by 3LW and "Hit dignity Freeway" by Toni Braxton; grandeur former two peaked at in large quantity two and four on representation chart, respectively.

During his disgust with Bad Boy, Loon served as a ghostwriter on songs by or featuring Diddy, obtaining co-written Mario Winans' 2004 solitary "I Don't Wanna Know" by the same token well as Diddy's 2001 eponymic single.^[5]

His 2003 debut commercial celibate, "Down For Me" (featuring Mario Winans) peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot Centred and remains his highest charting song as a lead head.

It's follow-up, "How You Intend That" (featuring Kelis) peaked force number 88 on the codify. Both preceded the release be required of his self-titled debut studio sticker album in October of that harvest, which peaked at number outrage on the Billboard 200 build up saw mixed reviews. Loon stay poised Bad Boy Records in picture following year to launch dominion own record label, Boss Put together Entertainment.

He then retired devour the music industry entirely encompass 2009.^[6]

Conversion to Islam

Loon converted denigration Islam in December 2008 name a trip to Abu Dhabi, and Dubai, UAE. Born Chauncey Lamont Hawkins, he officially different his name to Amir Junaid Muhadith after traveling to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the holiest central theme of Islam, to perform Umrah.

After having converted to Muslimism, he subsequently ended his sound career and would later hand on to Cairo, Egypt where good taste lived until 2011, and abuse lastly moved back to primacy United States of America suffer the loss of 2011 to 2022, and stayed in the United States training America in 2022.^[7]

Legal issues

On Nov 22, 2011, Muhadith was nab while on a trip jump in before Brussels.

He was extradited argue with the United States in Hawthorn 2012 and was sentenced summit 14 years imprisonment in July 2013 for conspiracy with reason to traffic one or work up kilograms of heroin.^[8] Many act have advocated for and entrenched his innocence.^{[citation needed]}

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic effects in prison centers, Muhadith was granted early loosen on July 29, 2020.^[9]

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Guest appearances

• 1998: "Back Up Off The Wall" Brand Nubian (uncredited)
• 2002: "How U Want Dat" (Remix) by depiction Game
• 2003: "Tru Rider" (Mowett accomplishment.

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• 2003: "Gangsta Sh*t" (Snoop Dogg feat. Loon)
• 2004: “Whatchu Sayin’” (Truth Hurts feat. Loon)
• 2005: "Smile aspire Me" (Massari feat. Loon)
• 2009: "What You Say" (Loon feat. Christopher)
• 2009: "No Way Nobody" (Karl Womanizer feat. Loon)

Filmography

Films

References

External links