Mase Calls Out Diddy For Alleged Bad Business Practices

Mase and Diddy's friendship appears to be on the rocks.

Despite their decades-long bond, Mase called out his friend on Instagram, accusing him of being a hypocrite and bad businessman following Diddy's recent speech at Clive Davis' pre-Grammys gala where he accused the Recording Academy of overlooking black artists in major categories.

"Diddy I heard your #Grammy speech about how u are now for the artist and about how the artist must take back control. So I will be the first to take that initiative. Also, before we ask of other ethnicities to do us right we should do us as black people better. Especially the creators," he said before claiming that Diddy still owns his publishing rights despite his multiple attempts to buy them back. "I heard u loud and clear when u said that u are now for the artist and to that my response is if u want to see change you can make a change today by starting with yourself. 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 continued, "For example, u still got my publishing from 24 years ago in which u gave me $20k. Which makes me never want to work w/ u as any artist wouldn’t after u know someone is robbing you & tarnishing your name when u don’t want to comply w/ his horrendous business model. However, people would always ask what’s up w/ Mase? So I would be forced to still perform to not look crazy when I was getting peanuts and the robbery would continue. So many great moments and people lives in music were lost. But again, I rode with u in the face of death without flinching & u still wouldn’t do right."

"I never said anything because I wanted to wait until I was financially great so I can ensured that I was addressing this from a pure place and not out of spite," he explained. "To add insult, u keep screaming black excellence and love but I know love isn’t free. So I offered u 2m in cash just a few days ago to sell me back my publishing(as his biggest artist alive) that always show u respect for u giving me an opportunity at 19 yrs old. Your response was if I can match what the EUROPEAN GUY OFFER him that would be the only way I can get it back. Or else I can wait until I’m 50 years old and it will revert back to me from when I was 19 years old. You bought it for about 20k & I offered you 2m in cash."

Mase concluded his post, writing, "This is not black excellence at all. When our own race is enslaving us. If it’s about us owning, it can’t be about us owning each other. No More Hiding Behind “Love”. U CHANGED? GIVE THE ARTIST BACK THEIR $$$. So they can take care of their families."

Mase's post also included a picture of Meek Mill and a recent tweet from him, in which he called out the music industry for signing young black artists into exploitative contracts. "Wassup with all these DIFFERENT RACE men got all these young black kids in slave contracts in the music business?" Meek asked. "Come get wit us you need help fixing ya situation #DC X #ROCNATION It's literally stealing now we found something we can get rich off!"

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