Dr. Mason Durrell Betha Th.D (born August 27 1977 in Jacksonville, Florida), better known by stage name Mase, is an American rapper,songwriter, television personality and inspirational speaker. He was an artist on Sean "Diddy" Combs' hip hop label Bad Boy Records during the late 1990s.

Ma$e (born Mason Durrell Betha on August 27, 1974 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American rapper , best known as a successful artist on Sean Combs’ ( Diddy ) hip hop label Bad Boy Records during the late 1990s. He is currently signed to G-Unit Records which is headed by 50 Cent . Biography Raised in Harlem, New York, Mason Betha began his music career as a hardcore gangsta rapper . While in the proto-supergroup “Children of the Corn”, he called himself Murder Mase, rapping alongside Big L