Mase May Return To Bad Boy

Diddy's "Bad Boy For Life" motto could not be truer to the word for rapper/pastor Mase.

Fans of the rapper who exploded onto the scene as Diddy's new labelmate after the death of Biggie Smalls may have some mixed feelings about his rumored return to the label he never really left.

In a recent interview with MTV, Diddy says Mase may be back on Bad Boy after the former-pastor reached out to him.

"Mase has called me," Diddy said about the future of Mase and the label.

"We've spoken. He's basically said, 'Just keep your eye on me. Making this switch, I gotta kinda bear this cross myself for a second. Just watch what I do.' I said, 'I've seen.' He's definitely one of the dopest emcees to ever touch the game.

People can't deny that. He's one of the most successful. I've seen people come back from different things in this game. I said, 'Yeah. Without a doubt, I'll keep my eye on you.' I spoke to him today. He's out there working."

After his hiatus from Hip Hop, Mase became a member of G-Unit. However, according to 50, Diddy refused to let Mase out of his contract with Bad Boy for anything less than $2 million.

Uncertain that Mase's album would sell well enough to make up for that type of investment, Fif gave up on trying to bring Mase onto G-Unit.

After the G-Unit deal couldn't be finalized, Mase was linked to SRC Records. SRC founder Steve Rifkind was working on signing Mase in 2007, but, like 50, was unable to come to terms with Diddy over buying out Mase's contract.

Mase has been under contract with Bad Boy Records for 13 years.