Mase is Back? Rapper-Turned Preacher to Release 5 New Mixtapes
The last time I spoke with the camp for rapper-turned born-again Christian and preacher Mase, I was invited to meet up with the man and hear him preach at his church in Atlanta.
I was excited to see Mase turn his life around but I wasn’t really too surprised when he decided to get back in the rap game. I always looked at it as a positive thing.
I saw Mase a few times on TBN, a major Christian television network preaching and teaching the bible and thought, “Wow, this guy really knows the Bible.”
I could identify with him because I, like Mase, am in the entertainment industry and at one point left it to pastor a church. It was four interesting and exciting years for me. Burned myself out though, but I enjoyed it, nevertheless.
Mase hit the rap scene in the late 1990’s and has seemingly had a love/hate relationship with the industry since retiring from the game in 1999 to become a preacher. He came out of retirement in 2005, releasing “Welcome Back.” In 2006 he hooked up with 50 Cent and G-Unit and spit lyrics on a verse of a song called 300 Shots. The song recently peaked my interest, I was curious, and I read and heard the lyrics to the song. Won’t comment on it, but you can click here and read a very thorough article on the subject and glance at the lyrics for yourself.
Not quite sure what’s goin’ on but I know Diddy recently released Mase contractually with Bad Boy. Gonna check out his mixtapes, I just hope it’s all positive because the irony of it all is that it looks like his ministry is still going strong. Check out: MasonBetha.org
In other related news, Mase recently expressed his interest to work with Chris Brown via Twitter. Interesting.
Mase’s I Do The Impossible drops Nov. 20.
Mase on Twitter
Chris Brown on Twitter (Breezy deleted)
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