USRN - Sep 7, 2004
After taking a five year break from the recording industry to start his own ministry, Bad Boy Records rapper Mase made an impressive debut on the Billboard 200 albums chart last week. The rapper s third...
More »USRN - Jul 18, 2002
(7/18/02, 12 p.m. ET) -- Former P. Diddy protege Mase, who left the music business in 1999 to become a minister, will preach Friday (July 19) at 7 p.m. at the St. Paul Armory in St. Paul, Minnesota during...
More »USRN - May 12, 1999
(5/12/99, 4 p.m. PDT) - The recent decision of platinum-selling Puffy-protégé Mase to leave the music business and devote his life to God set the hip-hop world on its ear (LAUNCH, 4/22)....
More »USRN - May 4, 1999
(5/4/99, 4 p.m. PDT) - Platinum-selling rap star Mase, born Mason Betha, will grace the cover of the June/ July issue of Vibe magazine. The story, written before his recent announcement that he was leaving...
More »USRN - Apr 22, 1999
(4/22/99, 1 a.m. PDT) - Multiplatinum-selling rapper Mase shocked listeners of WQHT (Hot 97) New York Tuesday night when he announced his retirement in an interview with Funkmaster Flex. This comes less...
More »USRN - Mar 30, 1999
(3/30/99, 1 a.m. PST) - When basketball great Magic Johnson announces that he is going into the record and artist management business, people listen. Magic Johnson Music Management announced yesterday...
More »USRN - Dec 25, 1998
(12/28/98, 1 a.m. PST) - The first single released from Mase s new group, Harlem World, features singer/ actress Brandy. But it s not the official release, according to a spokesperson for the group. Though...
More »USRN - Oct 7, 1998
(10/7/98, 6 p.m. PDT) - The track listing for The Rugrats Movie Soundtrack Album--due Nov. 3 on Interscope--is complete, and it features some heavy-hitters from a variety of musical genres. The album...
More »USRN - Jun 12, 1998
(6/12/98) - Mase may be taking his hit Can t Nobody Hold Me Down to heart. The smooth rapper has just dissed mentor Sean Puffy Combs by signing a deal with rival producer Jermaine Dupri. Dupri s So So...
More »USRN - Apr 22, 1998
(4/20/98) - Even guys with No. 1 albums can get a little lonely, apparently. Mase, whose Harlem World is a big hit for Puff Daddy s Bad Boy Entertainment label, was caught soliciting a Manhattan prostitute...
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