Scroll to the end of this article to listen to Sofi Green’s song “98 Mase”!
“98 Mase” is Sofi Green’s new single. He performed the song on Love and Hip Hop New York, season 7, episode 9 “Coo Coo for Koko.” In the 90s Mason Betha was on top of the world. Him and Sean “Diddy” Combs were releasing hit songs and Bad Boy Records became on of the most popular record labels of all-time.
While 1998 was a great year for Mase, The Notorious B.I.G. was murdered one year prior. Christopher Wallace died on March 9, 1997 in Los Angeles, California. In 1997, Mase released his debut album, Harlem World. The album featured numerous hit songs including “Feel So Good” and “What You Want.”
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| 98 Mase Sofi Green Song, Love And Hip Hop |
In 1999, Mase released his sophomore album, Double Up. The album went gold a month after it was released but then Mase decide to become a pastor. Hip-hop wasn’t the same after Biggie was murdered. Snoop, Gorgeous Gangsta and Sofi Green chose a great song to pay homage to Mase and Bad Boy Records.
@IMSOFIGREEN Ready to check it out !— Ty La’Monte 💎 (@YouEnvyTy__) January 8, 2017
One year before Biggie was murdered, Tupac Shakur was killed in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two best rappers of the 90s, and arguably all-time, didn’t make it through the 90s. Rappers, like Mase, were left clueless about their futures. The hip-hop industry was too dangerous at the time, leading Mase to make his decision to retire and become a pastor.