After converting to Islam in 1992,[3] Webb left his career as a DJ and studied at the University of Central Oklahoma, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Education.[4] He also studied privately under a Senegalese sheikh, learning enough Islam and Arabic to become a community leader in Oklahoma City, where he was hired as imam at the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City.[5] He simultaneously started teaching at Mercy School, an Islamic K–12 school in Oklahoma City.[citation needed]