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Loon Arrested in Belgium, Faces Drugs Charges in US

Posted Nov 27th 2011 11:30AM by Kenneth Partridge
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Onetime Bad Boy rapper Loon was arrested last week in Belgium and will return to the United States to face drug charges, XXL reports.

The former member of Mase's Harlem World posse had sought asylum in Algeria back in May, after he was indicted on felony heroin distribution charges. According to XXL, the official indictment alleges that Loon -- born Chauncey Hawkins -- "knowingly and intentionally" intended to sell at least one kilogram of heroin from early 2006 through September 2008 in North Carolina.

Best known for rapping on the 2002 Diddy hit 'I Need a Girl (Part One)' and its remix sequel, Loon dropped out of the rap game in the latter half of the '00s and converted to Islam. After changing his name to Amir Junaid Muhadith, he spoke openly about the "evils of hip-hop," insisting he would never go back to making music.

The drug charges aren't Loon's first brushes with the law. In 2004, XXL reports, he was arrested in connection with the stabbing of a security guard at nightclub in Los Angeles. He was charged with attempted murder but never convicted.

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Ummer Farooq

So the message I get from TheBoomBox.com ... "we hate you muzzies!"

April 07 2012 at 10:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ayz

He did turn against drugs the charge is from before he became a Muslim

March 12 2012 at 12:11 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Pat

Funny that he turned against hip-hop and not drugs!

November 30 2011 at 2:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Omar Alkusari

well pat thats what you would get reading this article but they mislead you by not giving you the exact date he became Muslim... July 6th, 2009 was when it was actually in the news that he accepted ISLAM so was it in the latter half of the '00s as the article says. yea it is but instead of giving us the precise year they mislead people so we assume he did it as a MUSLIM.

April 20 2012 at 11:06 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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