Mase Says He Once Thought About Knocking J.Cole Out

Mase has been off and on the Hip Hop music scene for a couple of years now, but it seems he has come to stay this time around. He is currently working on his fourth studio album, Now We Even, and during a radio interview on 107.5 FM, he spoke about once wanting to knock J.Cole out for dissing him.

He was actually asked which new rappers he enjoys, and he said he liked J.Cole, but that he wanted to hit him when he saw him at an event once, cos J.Cole dissed him on a song.

"I like J. Cole too when he's not taking shots at me. I saw him one day, I was going to hit him but I was too grown to be knocking light-skinned people out. But I really like him as an artist. When I saw him I was like, 'Oh he a kid, he don't get it [laughs]."

I guess Mase knows one or two things about getting knocked out...back in the 90s, he got knocked out by Ghostface killa for saying something slick about the Clan. In fact, Ghostface broke Mase's Jaw.. In this case with Cole, I don't think Cole really dissed Mase. Check out the J.Cole lyrics Mase is referring to below...

'Cause a nigga poppin like Harlem in the nine-seven
Way before Ma$e was a reverend
I was a young nigga makin A's at 11
or 12, tryin to get a taste of the heaven'

Basically, Cole was just saying he is as hot as Mase was in 97; i don't see any diss in that. Maybe Mase felt slighted by the fact that Cole brought up his 'Pastor Mase' past...or maybe he feels J.Cole made him out to be a hasbeen. Whatever the case, I still like them both, and I'm hoping Mase makes a strong comeback with his album this year.