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JAY-Z Warned Mase About his Janky Publishing Deal in 1998

JAY-Z Warned Mase About his Janky Publishing Deal in 1998

JAY-Z Warned Mase About his Janky Publishing Deal in 1998
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Mase read Diddy to filth on Friday afternoon in response to the mogul calling out the Recording Academy for overlooking Black musicians.

Diddy has been known throughout the years to exploit his artists, especially during the early days of Bad Boy Records. We saw how far he was willing to push his artists when he made the competitors of Making the Band walk from Midtown Manhattan to Junior’s Cheesecake Factory in Brooklyn for a slice of cheesecake in the Winter.

Diddy has certainly evolved and he has been an advocate for love and black excellence, but the Harlem rapper would like him for him to show love with his actions. “Your past business practices knowingly has continued purposely starved your artist and been extremely unfair to the very same artist that helped u obtain that Icon Award on the iconic Badboy label,” Mase wrote.

He claimed that the Bad Boy CEO gave him $20K for his publishing rights 24 years ago and as a result, he “never want to work” with him again. But JAY-Z been put us on game that Mase inked a bad deal.

Hov delivered a savory sneak diss on the Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life cut, “Ride or Die.” “I bruise wack rap niggas severely punish them / Especially those that get fucked for they publishing, heh / Always gotta be the weakest nigga out the crew / I probably make more money off yo’ album, than you / You see the respect I get every time I come through / Check your own videos, you’ll always be number two / Niggas talking real greasy on them R&B records / Well I’m Platinum a million times nigga, check the credits / S. Carter, ghostwriter, and for the right price / I can even make YO’ shit tighter,” the GOAT spit.

The “greasy” R&B record in question is 112’s “Love Me,” where Mase thought it was cool to take shots a Roc-a-Fella’s platinum craze. “What we hear is platinum that, platinum this/Platinum whips, nobody got no platinum hits.” Which is why Jigga made it important to note that he’s “Platinum a million times n*gga.”

Mase never responded again, but Jay delivered this verse two years after the Harlem rapper claimed Diddy bought his publishing. To make the moment even more epic, the track kicks off with then-Bad Boy Records producer, Stevie J, in the intro saying “I’m rolling with Roc-A-Fella, man / ‘Cause they got money, man, haha.

The “All About the Benjamins” rapper isn’t the first or last artist to complain about shady deals. Hopefully, new artists would hear these stories and make better decisions with their careers.

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