American rapper, songwriter and pastor

Mase

Mason Durell Betha, known professionally as Mase, is an American rapper. Best known for his work with Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs' Bad Boy Records, he signed with the label in 1996 and quickly found mainstream recognition as Combs' hype man. He guest appeared on Combs' 1997 single "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down", which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100, while his first two singles as a lead artist, "Feel So Good" and "What You Want", both peaked within the chart's top ten. Released in October of that year, his debut studio album, Harlem World (1997), peaked atop the Billboard 200 chart, received quadruple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and spawned his third top ten single as a lead artist, "Lookin' at Me".

Born

1975

August 27

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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1975 Born

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410 The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.
1172 Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned junior king and queen of England.
1232 Shikken Hojo Yasutoki of the Kamakura shogunate promulgates the Goseibai Shikimoku, the first Japanese legal code governing the samurai class.
1353 War of the Straits and Sardinian–Aragonese war: The Battle of Alghero results in a crushing victory of the allied Aragonese and Venetian fleet over the Genoese fleet, most of which is captured.

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The world in 1975

When Mase arrived

april 13 Beirut bus massacre: A confrontation between Phalangist paramilitaries and PLO militia marks the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
april 17 The Cambodian Civil War ends and the Cambodian Genocide begins. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
april 19 India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.
april 19 South Vietnamese forces withdraw from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War.

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Alex Lifeson 1953– Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Alexander Farnese 1545–1592 Duke of Parma (died 1592) Alice Coltrane 1937–2007 American pianist and composer (died 2007) Charles Fleischer 1950– American comedian and actor Friedrich Martens 1845–1909 Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (died 1909) Giorgio Mitrovich 1795–1885 Maltese politician (died 1885) Mario 1986– American singer and actor Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. 1915– American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011) Péter Boross 1928– Hungarian lawyer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of Hungary

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Alanna Ubach 1975– American actress Alexandre Daigle 1975– Canadian ice hockey player Alicia Witt 1975– American actress and musician Asia Argento 1975– Italian actress Cristobal Huet 1975– French ice hockey player David Ortiz 1975– Dominican-American baseball player Dulé Hill 1975– American actor Eva Longoria 1975– American actress Garrison Starr 1975– American singer-songwriter and producer

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