Ma$e goes towards the highly effective currents of popular culture sentiment and needs to go to his former boss, the embattled Sean “Diddy” Combs, in jail.
Diddy has been housed in federal confinement on the Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn, New York, since September 2024 after being indicted on a trio of felony prices associated to intercourse trafficking.
Ma$e and Diddy’s children noticed one another at Voletta Wallace’s funeral
Throughout a latest episode of “It’s What it Is” podcast, rap icon Cam’ron puzzled what it was like for co-host Ma$e to sit down subsequent to Diddy’s children on the latest funeral of Christopher “Infamous BIG” Wallace’s mom, Voletta Wallace.
Ma$e mentioned he was not seated close to Diddy’s children, however indicated they eyed one another from the space. He added he would haven’t any downside visiting their father Diddy in jail.
“I imply, if my title was on the checklist, I’d go go to Puff, you recognize?” Ma$e mentioned. “I’d go to him, guarantee that he’s good.”
Cam’ron was incredulous, asking, “Why you ain’t do it when he was out?,” Cam requested whereas laughing once more.
Ma$e mentioned not every little thing Diddy did in life was unhealthy
“These are the occasions you want folks to verify up and ensure you good. And never that I condone something that they’re alleged to have completed, simply till they show it, you sort of wish to just remember to don’t be like a kind of folks that, anyone did good for you…he didn’t do all unhealthy, he did some good.”
Ma$e hastens so as to add that he’s not referring to the tape of Diddy beating and kicking former girlfriend Cassie, nor the alleged freak-off footage. He was solely referring to Diddy from a musical standpoint.
“I’m not speaking concerning the tape stuff and all that,” Ma$e continued. “I’m speaking about simply the musical facet, giving me a chance, I believe, as an individual of sophistication, you positively received to point out up and sit someplace within the court docket, in the event that they allow you to.”
Ma$e and Diddy have an extended and turbulent historical past
Ma$e was signed to the beleaguered Unhealthy Boy boss’ label in 1996, the place he launched three albums — Harlem World, in 1997, Double Up in ’99, and 2004’s Welcome Again.
Their relationship was broken irreparably when Diddy hoarded all the publishing of Ma$e’s music regardless of providing Diddy $2 million to amass it.
The tense scenario was exacerbated when Diddy instructed “The Breakfast Membership” radio present in 2022 that Ma$e truly owed him tens of millions of {dollars}.
“Mae owes me $3 million,” he mentioned on the time. “That’s details, I received the receipts. And I’m not gon’ go back-and-forth with Ma e. I’m not going back-and-forth with no one. I’m simply gonna communicate up for myself now.”
Ma$e responded by accusing Diddy of swindling each Unhealthy Boy Information artist on the roster, however that the majority can not communicate up about this as a result of they’ve handed away or signed NDAs.
It was fascinating then that, one yr later, Diddy formally gave Ma$e his publishing in Sept. 2023.