Former Bad Boy Records artist Loon is using his experience in the prison system and teaming up with REFORM Alliance, the organization co-founded by JAY-Z and Meek Mill focused on changing injustices in the U.S. probation and parole systems.
The Harlem native, who now goes by Amir Junaid Muhadith, will serve as the inaugural fellow for their new fellowship program just months after his prison release. According to Business Insider, the program aims to provide “practical and transferable job skills for formerly incarcerated individuals that are interested in pursuing a career in advocacy” and “hands-on experience in policy creation, policy writing, coalition-building, research, digital organizing and more.”
“I can personally relate to the stress of navigating life on supervision with the risk of reincarceration, so I’m grateful for the opportunity to use my experience to help REFORM and collaborate on ways to make a lasting impact on the system,” Loon said. “It’s imperative that we provide people on probation with the support, training, and counseling to truly succeed rather than resort to punitive punishment.”
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Loon was granted an early release from jail in July due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and REFORM Alliance’s chief advocacy officer Jessica Jackson was part of the team that helped advocate for his freedom through the First Step Act.
“Amir’s firsthand perspective and strategic thinking will be invaluable to helping us improve an ineffective and destructive supervision system,” Jackson stated. “In the short amount of time he’s been released, Amir has already impressed us with his ideas and commitment to creating positive change.”
Best known for appearing on Diddy’s “I Need a Girl (Part One)” and “I Need a Girl (Part Two),” Loon was arrested in 2012 and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin the following year. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison and scheduled for release in August 2021, but U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle granted an early release citing coronavirus as an “extraordinary and compelling reason.”
In September, Loon reunited with Diddy during a visit to the Hip Hop mogul’s Malibu home. They shared photos together and wrote a special message about their friendship on Instagram.
“Everything is not what it seems,” he wrote. “After all that we’ve been through the love cannot be denied. We’ve travelled the world together, made millions together and at times we may not have always agreed, but by Allah, if I hadn’t experienced the things that we went through, I wouldn’t have become the man that I am today!”
what a world of fake people and phonies SMH
Diddy’s new ass is still hanging around. Guess he hasn’t kicked him to the curb because the coronavirus
french must love fuckin diddy
That’s Bitch Montana. Get it right. Why you think he keep wearing them gay hawaiian shirts all the time and always have to have songs with dudes and never with chicks for some reason. He only date Khloe Kardashian because she’s into pegging and at the point, she looked like a man before surgery.
Fuck Diddy. That gay ass snake deserves to rot in hell for all the shady BS that he’s done. He’s still screwing over artist by owning all of their royalties,producer credits, and masters. Instead of teaching and nurturing the artist on your label how to properly manage and handle their own careers and destiny, you sabotage it. Fuck Him
I hope this “Reform Alliance” is going tackle the problem at its root cause which is, street culture driven by socio-economic inequality. On many occasions Meek Mill hasn’t stopped short of being a hypocrite when he’s gone on record through his statements and his music, whether directly or indirectly, endorsing gang culture, guns and drug culture. A classic case was Tekashi 6ix9ine. It was quite telling how he had a swift condemnation of his co-operation with the authorities but stopped short of saying anything about the conduct of the gang members indicted on criminal charges and their conduct in his case. His deafening silence was almost like a ringing endorsement of their behaviour. That fact leads me to say, if they’re really serious bringing about reform they would definitely include addressing the gangs that are recruiting the youth into crime directly as part of their agenda instead of dancing around the issue as if it doesn’t exist.
Good for him
After I bust, I want to spit it out and say, “Special Delivery.”
Yup. Get caught with Kilos of heroin then complain about supervised release. Sounds about right. LOL