Tag Archives: Mase

Kenye And Mase Representin Harlem World, 1998 (language)

Take that, take that.” In 1998, Bad Boy was known for their all-star team including Harlem World’s Mason Betha. Continue reading

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HW Pick: Mase, Adorn, Remix (video)

Former Bad Boy Records Harlem rapper Mase (aka Mason Betha) on the comeback, Mase hop on one of the hottest R&B songs hitting the airwaves, Miguel’s”Adorn.”  Continue reading

Mase to Join Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music?

Kenye is smart, he’s created an almost all Harlem label. The Harlem rapper who had a legendary run with Bad Boy Records in the ’90s surprised fans on Twitter this afternoon by announcing he’d been approached about joining a new crew: Continue reading

New Talent: Minks, Mase Inspired

Minks

Self proclaimed “gold certified” singer and songwriter for Island Records, the multi-talented artist releases his debut single Listen, this month. Continue reading

Herb McGruff Back in Harlem

Music

I hold on to a lot of my Children of the Corn days memories. When Cam’ron and all of us used to be in the studio, we would use to be bugging out and Cam would always blow spit bubbles and crazy sh*t, sh*t was wild back in those days. Continue reading

HW Pick: I Am Choke No Joke, film

Film

dashDir. Choke No Joke, 2009, 105 min.
A former producer of BET’s Rap City, and one-time Roc-A-Fella employee, Choke shot and compiled footage that comprised over a decade of Hip Hop industry verite including a very real Damon Dash meltdown at a Def Jam marketing meeting. Want to know why Hip Hop went from “Fight the Power” to Puff’s and Mase’s shiny suits? Some of the answer lie in I Am Choke No Joke, a truly unique and authentic document of the transition of a culture from a local phenomenon into a global brand. Also includes a treasure trove of late 90s, early 00s B-Roll from the legendary Sunday Hip Hop parties at the nightclub the Tunnel.

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