That's the one thing you never judge, another man's spiritual walk. I wish more people knew that, because when you begin to talk about a person spiritually, you invite all types of bad things to happen to you. That's the worst thing you could do, because when you do that you're actually saying that you don't respect anything that's of substance.
Mase
Before I got signed to Bad Boy, I grew up listening to Snoop and Tupac and my hood was all Tupac driven.
I used to be real cocky about what I do but then I realized it's not me, all of this is really God's gift and whenever He want to, He can take it away.
I'm not the kind of person to put all my eggs in one basket.
Money is not of the devil. It depends on who's controlling it.
You can't do gospel and rap. Either you're of the gospel music, or you're a rapper. You can't put the two together. You can, but is it right? It's questionable.
You make money at anything you're good at. If you're a good doctor, you make money.
Mase was never a filthy artist.
I gotta do what make me happy.
I'm the only artist who got paid by Puff, like really, really, paid.
A lot of people have money, but they don't have peace with it. They can't sleep. They need bodyguards every day.
Puff always does great collaborations, it's just you need that flair to make it work.
I think to put someone in a box is somewhat narrow-minded.
I know God touched my heart to lead the youth back to Him. A lot of people can do it, but He chose me to do it.
I want the ladies to respect themselves.
Once God puts something in your heart - you know, God talks to everyone different.
God called me to be rich.
I could only do music if I could do it the way I could do it. That's what be making me stop, I don't wanna do music in the box.
Let me tell you something: being broke ain't going to make nobody come to the Gospel.
Everybody knows who I am.
I just didn't want a musical side of me being prosperous but I'm dying on the inside.
I don't want to be a rap star. I want you to see me and just say, 'That's Mase,' not 'That's Puff Daddy and Mase,' you know.
Harlem World' is all about me doing my thing.
Somebody sold millions of record before. I want to do something that hasn't been done.
Why is it Christians are more confident in the Devil taking me more than Christ keeping me.
I don't do the Mohawk thing. I thought about it and said, 'Nah. I'm too cute for the Mohawk.'
I would say 'Harlem World' is a cult and at the end we're gonna have everybody believin'.
What I have inside of me is more powerful than anything the world could ever offer me.
Atlanta has always been my favorite place to go, even when I was 'in the world.' When I came down here, people used to show me a lot of love.
I'm not just a rapper; I'm an intelligent young man. But being able to give my mother everything she's ever wanted, I could care less about being famous or the money; that's my dream. That's all that matters to me.
I can only do music if I can do it the way I can do it.
Rap has always been about using your talents for doing more.
I think a lot of rappers limit themselves by doing the gangster movies and that's stereotypical for a rapper.
With me, I always try to give my all to my hood, put my hood on my skin, man. I love it.
I just always said I'm going to work my hardest and whatever God has meant is going to happen when God lets it.
We gonna teach the ladies they can still respect themselves and still be beautiful.
All great artists have some spiritual backing.
I like J. Cole when he's not taking shots at me.
I actually would say when it comes to something like a person's spiritual walk, it's not really about what I think.
I was always a hard working basketball player.
I don't get into record beef. That's the wackest beef. That's not even a beef; that's entertainment. Might as well be a wrestler or something.
I'm not with G-Unit for protection. I chose G-Unit because I felt like that's the place where the people would be more supportive of a person that is considered a rebel.
I look at Puff Daddy as somebody that gave me a chance to prove the whole world wrong. Cause when I used to think about rap, everybody would say, 'Well, you talk too slow,' or, 'You rap too slow,' when in reality, that was my uniqueness.
God is able. God is real.
I see different artists making clothing lines and people respected it.
Once I get to a certain level, I don't want to rap all my life.
It takes a great person to walk away from money.
I'm not really into all this trying to be No. 1, trying to be King of New York. I'm not with that, I'm just trying to do the best I can and know at the end of the day I gave it my best.
I thought I could do more than rap and I just so happen to be right.
There are a lot of styles out there and, basically, people make a choice.
