Mason “Ma$e” Betha and Sean “Diddy” Combs haven’t exactly seen eye-to-eye in years, but the rapper and sports podcaster would still be willing to visit the disgraced mogul behind bars as he awaits his May 2025 trial date.
The Harlem rapper revealed that he’d be willing to show up for his former Bad Boy boss as he recapped attending Voletta Wallace’s funeral on his It Is What It Is podcast, co-hosted by Cam’ron. After revealing that the memorial felt like “the end of an era” and that he was too emotional to speak to certain loved ones who were present, Cam asked about a rumor of that the “Feel So Good” artist was uncomfortably seated next to one of Diddy’s sons.
“I wasn’t there. I was just wondering,” Cam expressed through chuckles. “I heard they put ya’ll by each other and the vibe wasn’t right.”
While Ma$e didn’t confirm that they were seated together, he did say that he thinks they saw each other from a distance, but didn’t speak, adding that he would have no problem visiting Puff if he were able to do so.
View of American rappers Sean Combs (left), performing as Puff Daddy, and Mase (born Mason Betha) on the set of the ‘Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down’ music video, Apple Valley California, 1996. (Photo by Nitro/Getty Images)
“I mean, if my name was on the list, I’d go visit Puff, you know?” Ma$e confirmed. “I would visit him, make sure that he’s good.”
“Why you ain’t do it when he was out?,” questioned Cam with a laugh, with Ma$e responding, “These are the times you need people to check up and make sure you good. And not that I condone any thing that they’re alleged to have done, just until they prove it, you kind of want to make sure that you don’t be like one of those people that, somebody did good for you…he didn’t do all bad, he did some good.”
He went on, “I’m not talking about the tape stuff and all that, I’m talking about just the musical side, giving me an opportunity, I think, as a person of class, you definitely got to show up and sit somewhere in the court, if they let you.” Listen to Ma$e break it down in the timestamped clip below.
Diddy signed Ma$e to Bad Boy Records in 1996, dropping his debut album with the label, Harlem World, in 1997. This was followed by 1999’s Double Up — which preceded his time in the ministry — and 2004’s Welcome Back, all released via Bad Boy. The trouble began, however, when Ma$e confronted Puff for holding on to the publishing rights to all of his music, even after Ma$e separated himself from the label and offered Puff $2M for it.
An October 2022 Breakfast Club interview found Diddy calling Ma$e a “fake pastor” who actually owed him money to the tune of $3M.
“Ma$e owes me $3 million,” he said at the time. “That’s facts, I got the receipts. And I’m not gon’ go back-and-forth with Ma$e. I’m not going back-and-forth with nobody. I’m just gonna speak up for myself now.” Ma$e responded by claiming Puff swindled almost every Bad Boy artist, but most have died or were forced to sign NDAs.
However, in September 2023 — one month after Diddy officially gave Ma$e his publishing back — Diddy claimed that he and Ma$e had a “real conversation” and are “brothers” who may bicker, but still have love for one another.
Combs is currently awaiting trial at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center on charges of racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion; and transportation to engage in prostitution.
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