Ma$e is looking to be the first artist to rep both Bad Boy and Death Row, the powerhouse Hip Hop labels who were entangled in a bitter — and ultimately fatal — feud in the ’90s.
In an Instagram video posted on Wednesday (August 3), the Harlem rapper claimed he’s in the process of signing a deal with Death Row Records, which was acquired by Snoop Dogg for an undisclosed sum earlier this year.
“I’m on Crenshaw — just passed Pico, just passed Slauson — and I’m out here to meet with Snoop so I can do another joint venture with Death Row Records,” he said while taking a car ride through Los Angeles.
“I’ll be officially the first one signed to Bad Boy and Death Row. And we gon’ get the 2Pac thing rekindled. Let’s see where we go with that.”
While a deal has yet to be confirmed, Ma$e’s signing would mark a historic moment for both Death Row and Bad Boy given their fierce rivalry in the mid ’90s that culminated in the murders of 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G.
The 46-year-old remains synonymous with the house that Diddy built having helped spearhead Bad Boy’s late ’90s “shiny suit” dominance with hits like “Feel So Good,” “What You Want” and “Mo Money Mo Problems” alongside Biggie.
Ma$e released three albums on the label — Harlem World, Double Up and Welcome Back — before departing in 2012. He has also flirted with joining Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music, Drake’s OVO Sound and Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group in the past.
Like other Bad Boy artists before him, Ma$e’s relationship with Diddy has soured since he left the label and him joining Death Row may be an attempt to ruffle his former boss.
The Harlem World MC laid out his issues with Puff during a recent appearance on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast, accusing him of not giving him his due credit or compensation during his time on Bad Boy.
“I felt like I did more than I got credit for, more than I got paid for,” he said. “I never got paid what I was worth and I never got the respect I was worth. So the disdain is like, ‘You’re tryna keep me here, n-gga?’ I’m not here. All my peers is up here. All my peers are bosses.”
In March, Ma$e released a diss song aimed at Diddy called “Oracle 2: The Liberation Of Mason Betha,” on which he fired shots like, “You ain’t no architect/You just a n-gga who know how to market death.”
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While it’s true he’d be the first artist on both Bad Boy and Death Row, Ma$e isn’t the only one looking to bridge the gap between the former rivals. During his Drink Champs interview in April, Snoop Dogg revealed he and Diddy have been plotting an alliance.
“We can show growth and progression that we can move forward,” he said. “We can take this Bad Boy, Death Row, what it used to be, and make it a collaboration on peace and love. ’Cause that’s who I am. I’m Suge and Puffy.”
Get this clown mofo outta here…
Can yall stop??! 2Pac died getting involved in something he had no business doing, and that hit wasn’t supposed to be for Biggie, they wanted Puff. Let these brothers rest in peace.
Actually, even if the hit was for Puff, Biggie had no business being in LA. Spitting the Long Kiss Goodnight with veiled shots at Tupac didn’t help that mofo either…
Fraud.
Still had sugar on his face while he was talking.
That was Diddy’s koom
Mase is looking horrible as of late. His swag and ideas were once top notch. He went from the ringleader to the clown of the circus. A 46 year old man trapped in a kids mental. I always thought Mase was a few fries short, but now he looking crazy.. this is one of the many reasons why the youth don’t respect OG’. Salute to Nas, Hov, AZ, Rae/ ghost, RZA and a few others who show supreme growth in how divine order goes… dress, attitude… etc… Mase needs to find GOd and rest in his arms
Lol…thought he did find God & became a preacher. Now this lame is tryna be back in the streets. Sad when elder rappers work at being relevant.?He really said bringing a new 2pac vibe back tho???????
He was doing the same thing Creflo Dollar, TD Jakes, Joel Osteen, and all these other fake pastors do: use religion to hustle the gullible (you know Mase is from Harlem, right? Lol). Even Trump pimped religious folk into believing he’s a man of faith. Foh!
if a youth don’t respect me as an elder who gives a fk. if I need respect I take it. I don’t expect ghetto trash to respect a man like me so you don’t see me in the ghetto unannounced. it’s only inside the ghetto that ghetto logic would apply same for jail and jail logic – it don’t work nowhere else.
Puffy will still be making money off of him l
I honestly thought he retired years ago when he became a pastor. When did he start recording music again ?
Apparently Mase still thinks it’s 1997. Nobody checking for that fake Death Row call it Snoop Records cause we all know it’s not Death Row without Suge.
Nah, its more like it ain’t Death Row without Suge, Dre, Snoop, Doggpound, Daz, and Pac.
The fact that Snoop is in charge of Death Row makes me question the validity of him being able to run the label. Especially after considering how he had different artists from his defunct Dogghouse Records label calling him out for being a terrible CEO…
MA$E WILL PUMP FAKE SNOOP AFTER RECEIVING THE ADVANCE AND THEY WILL FALLOUT.
My bestie made me smile this morning.
wow. so they are going to diss or shoot each other what kind of money we talking about.
*Farts*
Snoop doesn’t seem to be very efficient at running a label. He put out that def jam compilation that did nothing. And sounded like it should’ve been released in 2003. Then he hypes up Mount Westmore for a year drops a dope single just to not release the album? what? Nobody is looking for that NFT PUT THE MUSIC OUT. Now this death row bs. Pac is gone, nobody is checking for Bad Boy, Mase or Death Row anymore
Mt Westmore dropped a NFT album whatever that’s worth, apparently not much
That’s what I said?
I think I much rather find a minaj
Isn’t this the gay guy who was blowing Diddy?