mase left music at the top of his game to become a pastor he said he was'nt live right etc,he became a pastor and has founded his own church called s.a.n.e ministries(S)aving (A) (N)ation (E)ndangered.he reckons he's come back to rap so more people can hear the word of god. the other story is he slept with the girlfriend of a notorious harlem gangster,the gangster found out,killed one of mase's friends and then mase had a price on his head, so he moved out of new york to atlanta,the gangster died a few years ago so now he feels safe to go back to new york and rap etc.