On the latest episode of It Is What It Is , Mase talked about the times he and his late friend and collaborator Big L were at odds. Both hailing from Harlem, New York, the two rappers were in a group together called Children of the Corn formed around 1993, but prior to that, Big L was already getting buzz in NYC’s underground rap scene, ultimately releasing his solo debut Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous in 1995. However, the younger Mase signed with Bad Boy a year later in 1996 and became a huge mainstream star.
This was when the rift started between the friends, according to Mase. “This was when I first got on. Because, you know, before we got on L was the guy.
” Adding, “He took us everywhere...
to Bobbito and different places to rap, and then when I got on it was like the whole wave changed, like this is what it looks like when a n—a really get on. So, me and L would get into it.” See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Mase then continued by saying he noticed some similarities between himself and some of Big L’s rhyme schemes.
“He start using a few of my lyrics, like different compounds that I was using,” he said. Adding, “That’s when you make two words rap at the same time, so I checked the n—a.” After saying the conversation wasn’t a productive one, Mase revealed he was later confronted by Fat Joe — who was in another rap crew D.
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with Big L — in popular nightclub The Tunnel. “I told L, ‘I’ll knoc.
