Chauncey Lamont Hawkins was born in
Harlem,
New York. He began his musical career as a member of
Mase's rap collective
Harlem World in 1995, and signed with
Arista Records after their 1999 disbandment. He also began working severally with group cohort Mase; due to Mase signing with
P. Diddy's
Bad Boy Records, Loon was led by proximity to sign with the label himself, as it was also an imprint of Arista. He made his first solo appearance on the
Billboard Hot 100 for his guest feature on label mate
Faith Evans' 2001 single "
You Gets No Love" alongside Diddy, which peaked at number 38 on the chart. Bad Boy parted ways with Arista the following year, and the Bad Boy roster, including Loon, was thereafter moved to
Universal Records. 2002 also saw Loon guest performing on the commercially successful singles "
I Need a Girl (Part One)" and "
I Need a Girl (Part Two)" both by Diddy, as well as "
I Do (Wanna Get Close to You)" by
3LW and "
Hit the Freeway" by
Toni Braxton; the former two peaked at numbers two and four on the chart, respectively. During his time with Bad Boy, Loon served as a ghostwriter on songs by or featuring Diddy, having co-written
Mario Winans' 2004 single "
I Don't Wanna Know" as well as Diddy's
2001 eponymous single. His 2003 debut commercial single, "Down For Me" (featuring Mario Winans) peaked at number 24 on the
Billboard Hot 100 and remains his highest charting song as a lead artist. It's follow-up, "How You Like That" (featuring
Kelis) peaked at number 88 on the chart. Both preceded the release of his
self-titled debut studio album in October of that year, which peaked at number six on the
Billboard 200 and saw mixed reviews. Loon left Bad Boy Records in the following year to launch his own record label, Boss Up Entertainment. He then retired from the
music industry entirely in 2009. ==Conversion to Islam==