
His name is now Amir Junaid Muhadith.
Loon has officially been released from FCI Coleman Low prison in Sumterville, Fla. following the “paperwork/admin delay” yesterday. The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed the former Bad Boy Records’ artist release date as July 29.
While a number of celebs petitioned for Loonβs release, one homie was particularly helpful. Reports the NY Post:
Friend Weldon Angelos, a music producer and former associate of Snoop Dogg, personally wrote Hawkinsβ 34-page request for freedom.
βHeβs just another young black male who got a long time because of the war on drugs,β Angelos said.
The successful request invoked health issues and the Trump-signed First Step Actβs expansion of compassionate release.
Weldon also led the efforts to persuade Trump to grant clemency, which at one point included plans to bring a delegation of rap stars to the White House. Those plans were scuttled first by Trumpβs impeachment and then by the pandemic.
But Weldon believes the presidential lobbying drive may have impressed the judge.
βWe showed that this man had a ton of support and is going to do a lot of positive things,β he said.
After heβs released, the former rapper plans to work on prisoner rehabilitation programming, Angelos said. The men also have plans to form a production company, which may release a movie or TV series on Loonβs life.
Back in 2011,Β Loon was convictedΒ on conspiracy to sell one kilogram of heroin in Belgium, and was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Nevertheless, he has always maintained that he was a victim of circumstance.
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