This article is about the rapper. For the basketball player nicknamed 'Mase', see Anthony Mason. For the municipality in Switzerland, see Mase, Switzerland.
Mason Durrell Betha (born August 27 1977XXL Magazine September 2002, page 101 in Jacksonville, Florida),http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/mase/bio.jhtml better known by stage name Mase, is an American rapper. He was an artist on Sean "Diddy" Combs' hip hop label Bad Boy Records during the late 1990s. Mase also briefly associated himself with G-Unit and recorded songs with several members of the label despite not being officially signed.
Early career
Raised in Harlem, New York, he began his music career as a rapper. Originally a member of Children of the Corn, he called himself "Murder Mase," rapping alongside Big L, Cam'ron, McGruff and Bloodshed when they released "Colector's Edition" in 1992. In 1996, he travelled to Atlanta for a music conference, hoping to hook up with Jermaine Dupri; instead, he met Sean Combs, who signed hi
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murda Mase