Master P has announced that he will be retiring from both recording and performing this month.
The influential rap legend confirmed to People that his last ever show will be at Essence Festival this weekend on July 6.
The No Limit boss said: “My last show has to be with Essence. It has to be big. A celebration.”
He also said that his decision was spurred by his new position as head coach and president of basketball operations at the University of New Orleans.
P explained: “It’s a blessing now to be able to transition into doing something that’s bigger than me. Being a servant is my most important job. I feel like hard work got me here, even though I didn’t know I was going to get this far in life. God spared my life and put me on this journey.”
He continued: “That chapter closed itself with maturing and growing up and not being afraid to grow.”
Master P also admitted that his decision was a “hard” one to make “but I feel like this is the next phase of my life. There is a lot of negative stuff going on in hip-hop and people don’t want to talk about the positive things. They say when you know better, you do better. That’s the phase I’m on. I’m fine with growing up.”
He also said of the future: “This is fun for me, like what I was made to do. I love these kids. And I’ve got a chip on my shoulder because people don’t understand the level of basketball and experience and education I have in coaching. I want to bring the whole city up.”
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Master P’s new role at the University of New Orleans was announced back in February with him saying at his introductory press conference: “We’ve come a long way. Growing up in New Orleans, when I was a kid, I looked at the University of New Orleans basketball program as probably one of the best in the country. Every kid wanted to come to the Lakefront Arena and be a part of this.
“I’m just so appreciative and blessed that God has given me this opportunity … to rebuild this program. We gonna change this. This is our culture, this is our team and this is our family. We want to give that family love out here to the city to bring the people back where it should be at.”
Nobody cares. I didn’t even know he was still alive, fuckin dinosaur..
He’s retiring from music.
Now he will just be a booty bandit for young men at the University of New Orleans.
Watch out boys.
You must be dumb???!!!
If someone retires and no one notices, did they really retire?
He smart person and I very happy for him right on master p make them respect the game bow out like a boss
Retirement/Last Show aka I’ll see how many people show up and if there’s a positive outcome then maybe he’ll come back like Jordan.
Retire from making movies and we’re good