Bad Boy: Where Are They Now?

They once pledged "Bad Boy 4 Life," but things changed.

Loon - One-time Bady Boy star Loon is in legal limbo, awaiting extradition to the U.S. after being stopped for drug smuggling in Belgium last year.  (Photo: Loon/Facebook)

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Loon\r - It seemed like Loon had turned a new leaf after he left Bad Boy when he converted to Islam and moved his family to Algeria. That is until, while en route to give a lecture at the Islamic and Cultural Centre of Belgium, he was arrested in Belgium on Nov. 22, 2011, extradited to the U.S. and charged with trafficking heroin.\r(Photo: Courtesy of Loon2Amir.com)

Black Rob \r - After releasing his 2000 debut, Life Story, which featured the hit single “Whoa!,” Black Rob promised a sophomore LP that never appeared. Instead the emcee appeared on a couple of mixtapes before committing a robbery that landed him in prison for nearly five years. Now out, Black Rob wants to do something positive with his life. “I don't know 'bout nobody else, but when you do four years in prison, you come home with a different mindset." He wants to work with 50 Cent and other top Interscope artists. Rob has a new project on Duck Down Records, Game Tested, Streets Approved.\r(Photo: Brad Barket/PictureGroup)

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Black Rob \r - After releasing his 2000 debut, Life Story, which featured the hit single “Whoa!,” Black Rob promised a sophomore LP that never appeared. Instead the emcee appeared on a couple of mixtapes before committing a robbery that landed him in prison for nearly five years. Now out, Black Rob wants to do something positive with his life. “I don't know 'bout nobody else, but when you do four years in prison, you come home with a different mindset." He wants to work with 50 Cent and other top Interscope artists. Rob has a new project on Duck Down Records, Game Tested, Streets Approved.\r(Photo: Brad Barket/PictureGroup)

Faith Evans \r - Faith Evans' first album, Faith, created some tension between Mary J. Blige and Bad Boy CEO Sean “Diddy” Combs as he focused more on Faith’s career. She released three albums on the label, two after the passing of her husband, Notorious B.I.G. This year, Faith received her first Grammy nod since working with Bad Boy, for the single “Gone Already” off her latest effort Something About Faith.\r(Photo: George De Sota/Newsmakers/Getty Images)

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Faith Evans \r - Faith Evans' first album, Faith, created some tension between Mary J. Blige and Bad Boy CEO Sean “Diddy” Combs as he focused more on Faith’s career. She released three albums on the label, two after the passing of her husband, Notorious B.I.G. This year, Faith received her first Grammy nod since working with Bad Boy, for the single “Gone Already” off her latest effort Something About Faith.\r(Photo: George De Sota/Newsmakers/Getty Images)

Carl Thomas on who Beyoncé could be compared to:  - “No, Beyoncé is not… Michael Jackson. She would be a cross between the Diana Ross and Liza Minnelli of our generation."(Photo: Mark Mainz/Getty Images)

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Carl Thomas - Carl Thomas released two albums under the Bad Boy imprint: the first, the platinum-selling Emotional, produced the hits “I Wish” and “Summer Rain,” the second coming and going without many even knowing of its release. Under Verve Music Group, Thomas plans to release his fourth album, Conquer. The silky-voiced crooner has also released a mixtape with DJ Kid Capri called Featured Hit Man, which includes his contributions to the more than 20 hip hop R&B hits with artists like Biggie, Faith Evans, Noreaga and Ghostface Killah.\r(Photo: Mark Mainz/Getty Images)

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Shyne - With a voice that eerily channeled the late Notorious B.I.G., Jamal “Shyne” Barrow had a hit with his debut single “Bad Boyz.”  But when Shyne and Puffy had an altercation at Club New York in 1999 that ended in a shooting, Shyne was sentenced to 10 years in prison. While there, he converted to Chasidism, a sect of Judaism. Since his release, Shyne, now Moshe Levi Ben-David, has been living part-time in Israel studying religion, practicing celibacy and not swearing. He plans to drop two albums in early 2012.\r(Photo: Robert Mecea/Newsmakers/Getty Images)

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Making The Band - The Making The Band franchise originally started off as a search for the next great boy band (O-Town) and turned into the search for Diddy’s next meal ticket (Da Band, Danity Kane, Day 26). While they might not have been the great musicians in the world, each iteration of the show made for great television entertainment.  (Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

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Da Band\r - The hip hop soul group formed from Diddy’s first TV series, Making the Band, Da Band included Freddy P, Dylan, Ness, Chopper City, Babs and Sarah Stokes. The group rarely got along, causing Diddy to split the group into solo artists and a duo with Babs and Ness. Since their debut release, Too Hot For TV, neither the artists nor their completed projects ever saw the day of light. Dylan became the inspiration for a joke onThe Chappelle Show, Chopper City was arrested earlier this year for a probation violation, Sarah got a boob job and was arrested for domestic violence and the others, sadly, no one knows.\r(Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

Mase \r - Mase, the star of Harlem, released three albums on Bad Boy. The last one, 2004's Welcome Back, was a short-lived reunion with Diddy after Mase retired from rap in 1999 to become a preacher. Now known as Pastor Mason Betha, the on-again-off-again rapper has his own ministry, El Elyon International Church, after being reborn again in 1999. Betha can be seen live on his television broadcast, "Born To Succeed." He's since married and has two sons.\r(Photo: Brenda Chase/Online USA, Inc./Getty Images)

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Mase \r - Mase, the star of Harlem, released three albums on Bad Boy. The last one, 2004's Welcome Back, was a short-lived reunion with Diddy after Mase retired from rap in 1999 to become a preacher. Now known as Pastor Mason Betha, the on-again-off-again rapper has his own ministry, El Elyon International Church, after being reborn again in 1999. Betha can be seen live on his television broadcast, "Born To Succeed." He's since married and has two sons.\r(Photo: Brenda Chase/Online USA, Inc./Getty Images)

Craig Mack - It's been a minute since Craig Mack was spitting "Flava in Ya Ear." Last time we heard wind of the former Bad Boy MC, he was part of church group and had denounced hip hop. With no social media presence either, it seems Mack also meant the secular world, when his minister proclaimed he was "leaving wickedness for righteousness."(Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

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Craig Mack\r - The Grammy-nominated rapper and first emcee to release an album on Bad Boy, Craig Mack was most known for his single "Flava in Ya Ear" in 1994. With the rise of the Notorious B.I.G., Craig Mack faded to the background and never released a second album on the label and not much has been heard from the former Bad Boy artist since.\r\r(Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

112 \r - “Peaches and Cream” is the last track most remember from Atlanta boy band 112. Their hits “Cupid,” “Only You” and “Anywhere” made them a hot commodity, but they, too, fell out with Diddy, saying on 106 & Park that it was difficult being an artist on the label when the CEO is also an artist. Since their departure from the label, they've released one album, which included the hit “U Already Know.” There was never an official breakup but, of the four members, Slim decided to go solo with an album entitled Love's Crazy.\r(Photo: George De Sota/Getty Images)

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112 \r - “Peaches and Cream” is the last track most remember from Atlanta boy band 112. Their hits “Cupid,” “Only You” and “Anywhere” made them a hot commodity, but they, too, fell out with Diddy, saying on 106 & Park that it was difficult being an artist on the label when the CEO is also an artist. Since their departure from the label, they've released one album, which included the hit “U Already Know.” There was never an official breakup but, of the four members, Slim decided to go solo with an album entitled Love's Crazy.\r(Photo: George De Sota/Getty Images)

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Danity Kane \r - Another product of Diddy’s Making the Band, Danity Kane was short-lived on the music scene, though they became the first female group to debut their first two albums at the top of the charts. Group members Shannon and Aundrea haven't been heard from since the group’s breakup in 2008. D. Woods has shown up in several music videos and on the cover of King magazine, and Aubrey appeared on the cover of Playboy and starred in a new reality series on Oxygen. And Dawn’s been working on her solo career while creating hits alongside Diddy with the group Dirty Money.\r(Photo: Peter Kramer/Getty Images)

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G Dep \r - Making a splash with his hit single "Let's Get It," off his Bad Boy debut Child of the Ghetto, G Dep left the label shortly after. He released a sophomore effort six years later under a new imprint without much fanfare or critical acclaim. In December of 2010, G Dep walked into a New York City police precinct and admitted to a 1993 murder. He is now serving time on Rikers Island for first-degree murder.\r(Photo: Denise Truscello/WireImage)

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The LOX, New L.O.X. Order - Jadakiss and Styles P recently joked that the LOX reunion album was taking longer than Dre's Detox. Funny, but not funny. The album, which would mark the Yonkers trio's first since 1998, has supposedly been almost finished since 2007. The group blames "paperwork" and label politics.UPDATE: Jadakiss confirmed that the follow-up to We Are the Streets would be named We Are the Streets 2...three years ago. Thee are still no reports as of yet when the new album will be released.  (Photo: Matthew Peyton/Getty Images)

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The Lox\r - Jadakiss, Sheek Louch and Styles P have successfully stayed together as a unit after leaving Bad Boy in 1999.  They released two albums together, We Are the Streets and Before the Lox, before working on individual projects. Jadakiss has been the most successful of the three, followed by Styles P, who recently opened a juice bar, and Sheek Louch, who is currently planning an album with Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang clan.\r\r(Photo: Matthew Peyton/Getty Images)

Day 26 \r - Robert, Willie, Brian and Michael moved to Atlantic Records in 2010 after a tumultuous departure from Bad Boy, much of which was captured on the third installment of Diddy’s Making the Band. The group began working on a third album, A New Day, which produced the single “Let It Go” featuring Rosco Dash. Qwanell (also known as Q) also released a solo single called "Medicine" under the new moniker, Anthony Q.\r(Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

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Day 26 \r - Robert, Willie, Brian and Michael moved to Atlantic Records in 2010 after a tumultuous departure from Bad Boy, much of which was captured on the third installment of Diddy’s Making the Band. The group began working on a third album, A New Day, which produced the single “Let It Go” featuring Rosco Dash. Qwanell (also known as Q) also released a solo single called "Medicine" under the new moniker, Anthony Q.\r(Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

Total \r - The New Jersey trio came onto the R&B scene in 1995 with the Notorious B.I.G.-assisted hit single "Can't You See." They released two albums together but not since 2001 have the ladies been in the studio. There seems to be no interest in reuniting as Kima has released a track with her sister, rapper Vita, “What U Want,” Keisha married actor Omar Epps and is raising three children and Pam is working on a solo project called Undeniable, to be released this year.\r(Photo: Larry Busacca/Retna Ltd.)

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Total \r - The New Jersey trio came onto the R&B scene in 1995 with the Notorious B.I.G.-assisted hit single "Can't You See." They released two albums together but not since 2001 have the ladies been in the studio. There seems to be no interest in reuniting as Kima has released a track with her sister, rapper Vita, “What U Want,” Keisha married actor Omar Epps and is raising three children and Pam is working on a solo project called Undeniable, to be released this year.\r(Photo: Larry Busacca/Retna Ltd.)